The impact of the economic crisis on European Union environmental policy

Charlotte Jennie Burns; Paul Alexander Tobin

doi:10.1111/jcms.12396

The impact of the economic crisis on European Union environmental policy

Charlotte Jennie Burns, Paul Alexander Tobin

Environment and Geography

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Abstract

The on-going 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 focussing 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.

Original language	English
Number of pages	16
Journal	JCMS-JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES
Early online date	16 Jun 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12396
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 Jun 2016

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Keywords

European Union
Economic crisis
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

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