Shaping of Environmental Policy in France

Joseph Szarka is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath.

“This excellent study combines considerable institutional and policy detail with an assured analysis of government and private sector agent interactions.”  ·  Modern and Contemporary France“One of the main conclusions the reader of [this] book can draw is that the best specialists of French contemporary political movements come from the Anglo-Saxon academic world.”  ·  H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews OnLine"... a most welcome contribution to [the development of environmental policy] ... Overall, this book is well worth buying, both from an individual and from an institutional perspective. It is excellent value for money and an excellent source of information on environmental policy development and practice that allows one’s knowledge to be pushed beyond the traditional Anglo-American axis."  ·  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy"[A] solid, insightful, fair-minded survey of French environmental policies"  ·  Choice

• AcknowledgementsPART I: SHAPING FACTORS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSISChapter 1. Public Opinion, the Green Movement and Environmental Groups in FranceChapter 2. Green Parties in the French Political SystemChapter 3. The French Polity, Institutional Capacity Building and the EnvironmentChapter 4. European Environmental Policy and FrancePART II: CASE STUDIES: THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: CONSERVING NATURE OR PROTECTING SPECIAL INTERESTSChapter 5. The Industrial Environment: 'Command and Control' or Corporatist Policy Making?Chapter 6. The Human Environment: Widening the Policy NetworksChapter 7. Towards Sustainable Development?Chapter 8. General ConclusionsBibliographyIndex