Ringing the changes in Europe: regulatory competition and the transformation of the state ; Britain, France, Germany

Intro -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Frame of Reference and Analytical Approach -- 1.1 Policy Network Analysis as Frame of Reference -- 1.2 Sets of Variables in the National/European Context and in International Comparison -- 1.3 Procedure -- 2 Regulatory Principles at the National and Supranational Levels: Policy Patterns in Environmental Protection -- 2.1 Federal Republic of Germany: Regulatory Law and Technological Capabilities -- 2.2 Britain: Chumminess and Secrecy -- 2.3 France: Regional Diversity and Variation in Policy Instruments -- 2.4 Comparing the Countries Under Review -- 2.5 European Union: Centralized Regulation and Subsidiarity -- 3 Changing Roles in the European Negotiating Game: Initiative and Blockade -- 3.1 The Federal Republic of Germany as Pace-setter: Substantive Measures -- 3.2 Britain as Pace-setter: Procedural Measures -- 3.3 France as Hesitant Pace-setter -- 3.4 German and British Interventionist Philosophies: An Abiding Conflict -- 3.5 The Commission as Initiator: New Strategies -- 4 The Regulatory Contest and its Consequences: A Subtle Redefinition of the State -- Appendix: Actor Groups Interviewed -- References.