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European environmental policy has become an increasingly important area of EU policymaking and the source of political conflict between Britain and Germany. This book explains why national conflicts have arisen and how they are resolved at EU level. Rudiger K. Wurzel argues that Anglo-German divergences are best explained in terms of ecological vulnerability, economic cost and capacity, political salience, and environmental regulatory styles.

Focusing on institutional contrasts between Japan and Britain in terms of corporatist or pluralist characteristics of government-industry relations and decision-making and implementation styles, the book examines how and to what extent institutions explain climate policy in Japan and Britain.