Burns, Charlotte and Carter, Neil Thomas orcid.org/0000-0003-3378-8773 (2018) Brexit and UK Environmental Policy and Politics. Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique. pp. 1-18.
Abstract
In 2016 the United Kingdom (UK) voted in a referendum to leave the European Union (EU). Whilst the environment did not feature significantly in the referendum campaign it has emerged as a major focus for the UK Government as it prepares for Brexit. Since the UK joined the EU in 1973, its approach to environmental policy-making has been profoundly shaped by processes of Europeanisation. Consequently, disentangling the UK from the environmental acquis communautaire will be a huge undertaking. Whilst the Government has committed to the pursuit of a ‘Green Brexit’ there are on-going concerns that Brexit will lead to weaker environmental ambition and governance. It may also produce policy divergence across the UK as the environmental sector is devolved and has become a site of constitutional conflict over the powers of the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A once stable policy area characterised by a broad cross-party and cross-national consensus therefore is, post-Brexit, increasingly likely to become a focus for constitutional and party political conflict and competition.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The Author(s). |
Keywords: | Brexit; Conservative Government; devolution; environmental governance; environmental principles; UK environmental policy |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) ES/R00028X/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2018 15:20 |
Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2025 05:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.2385 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | No |
Identification Number: | 10.4000/rfcb.2385 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135318 |