Burns, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-9944-0417 and Tobin, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-8213 (2016) The impact of the economic crisis on European Union environmental policy. Journal of Common Market Studies, 54 (6). pp. 1485-1494. ISSN 0021-9886
Abstract
The ongoing European economic crisis provides a focus for academics wishing to understand the relationship between major exogenous shocks and changes to environmental protection. Yet, measuring change, particularly to policies, is notoriously fraught with difficulties. This research note explores the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with capturing change in response to the economic crisis in Europe, specifically focusing upon the environment. The environment is typically touted as a European Union success story, but there is good reason to suspect that this policy sector may have been – and continues to be – negatively affected by the economic downturn. We suggest a toolkit of measures that can capture changes to this sector, and which may also be employed by researchers of other policy sectors.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Keywords: | European Union; economic crisis; environmental policy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2017 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2017 09:12 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12396 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcms.12396 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122362 |