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IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHORS SURVEY THE ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBY IN BRITAIN AND INDICATE ITS SCOPE AND RANGE OF ACTIVITIES. THEY DISCUSS THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. AS THE STUDY SHOWS, A NUMBER OF POLITICAL ACTION METHODS HAVE BEEN WELL ADVANCED IN BRITAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INTEREST GROUP/ CONSERVATIONIST ALLIANCE FIELDS.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Concept of Policy Style -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 Policy Styles in Transition: A Cross-National Move Towards a More Impositional Policy Style? -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 3 The British Policy Style in Transition: From Governance to Government? -- Abstract -- The Westminster Model: Government via Mandated Imposition -- Governance: The Consensual/Bargaining Alternative Policy Style -- The Austerity Turn and Trickle-Down Dirigisme -- The Policy Reform Turn and the Spread of 'Reformitis' -- Ministerial/Civil Service Relations and the Changing Policy Style -- Constrained Consultation? -- References -- Chapter 4 Government Without Governance: A Difficult and Risky Business? -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 5 Brexit and the British Policy Style: Back to Governance? -- Abstract -- References -- References -- Index.

First published in 1982, Policy Styles in Western Europe considers the growth of the modern state in the 1980s and examines the implications of this for the making and implementation of public policy decisions. It argues that the business of government was simply easier in the 1970s and that the growth of the modern state has meant an expansion of public policies, with the state widening in areas of societal activity. This book looks at the similarities and differences that exist among the countries of Western Europe. Whilst it is increasingly clear that most policy problems a

"Constructing a Policy-Making State? sets out to examine the processes by which Europeanization takes place. Europeanization is defined as the process by which the key decisions about public policies are gradually transferred to the European level (or for new policy areas, emerge at the European level). This is in contrast to definitions of Europeanization which focus on the adaption of member states to European public policies. Thus, the main focus is whether a European Union 'policy-making state' is being created via changes in the distribution of power between member states and the European level institutions over time. In addition to several overview chapters (such as on agenda setting in the EU), there are twelve sectoral studies which analyse the differing trajectories and outcomes of the Europeanization process and the extent to which the European Union can make 'authoritative allocations'.

A guide to how the European Union really works, in which 12 policy sectors are analysed by some of the leading EU scholars in the world. It considers how policy is made at the EU level, who is involved, which are the key institutions, and if they are pro-integration