UK Environmental Policy in the 1990s

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   • Tim S. Gray

   Pages 1-10

3. View from the Inside: UK Environmental Policy Seen from a Practitioner’s Perspective

   • Tom Burke

   Pages 11-17

4. Impact of the European Union on UK Environmental Policy Making

   • Nigel Haigh, Chris Lanigan

   Pages 18-37

5. The Establishment of a Cross-Sector Environment Agency

   • Neil Carter, Philip Lowe

   Pages 38-56

6. The Precautionary Principle in UK Environmental Law and Policy

   • Andrew Jordan, Timothy O’Riordan

   Pages 57-84

7. UK Environmental Policy and the Politics of the Environment in Northern Ireland in the 1990s

   • Steven Yearley

   Pages 85-100

8. The Politics of Mutual Attraction? UK Local Authorities and the Europeanisation of Environmental Policy

   • Stephen Ward

   Pages 101-122

9. The UK and Global Warming Policy

   • David Maddison, David Pearce

   Pages 123-143

10. Energy Conservation Policy

    • Gerald Manners

    Pages 144-158

11. Constructing Regulations and Regulating Construction: The Practicalities of Environmental Policy

    • Elizabeth Shove

    Pages 159-172

12. UK Environmental Policy and Transport

    • Kenneth Button

    Pages 173-188

13. Acid Rain: A Business-as-Usual Scenario

    • Jim Skea

    Pages 189-209

14. Nuclear Waste Disposal: A Technical Problem in Search of a Political Solution

    • Andrew Blowers

    Pages 210-236

15. Running Up the Down Escalator: Developments in British Wildlife Policies after Mrs Thatcher’s 1988 Speeches

    • Stephen C. Young

    Pages 237-262

16. The Tragedy of the Common Fisheries Policy: UK Fisheries Policy in the 1990s

    • Anthony Stenson, Tim S. Gray

    Pages 263-282

17. The UK and the International Environmental Agenda: Rio and After

    • Michael Redclift

    Pages 283-301

18. Back Matter

    Pages 303-308

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The central controversy running through this book is whether Mrs Thatcher's famous 'green' speeches of 1988 marked a fundamental shift by the Conservative Government towards environmentalism, or whether they were merely political rhetoric, designed to rule out a temporary surge of popular support for the Green Party. The conclusion arrived at is mixed: in some policy areas a definite shift has occurred, but in others it is 'business as usual'. An overall change of gear is still awaited.

• energy conservation
• environment
• environmental law
• environmental policy
• European Union (EU)
• government
• law
• Policy
• British Politics

• Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, UK

  Tim S. Gray

Policies and ethics