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The Implementation of EU Environmental Policy; A Policy Problem without a Political Solution?
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Implementation lies at the ‘sharp end’ of the European Union (EU) environmental policy process. The success of the EU's policies must ultimately be judged by the impact they have on the ground, but despite many institutional initiatives, poor implementation remains a fact of life in Europe. In this paper the author investigates why the issue of poor implementation was neglected during the first decade of EU environmental policy, outlines the responsibilities and interests of the main actors involved in putting policies into effect, and discusses possible solutions to the well-publicised ‘gap’ between policy goals and outcomes. Implementation deficits will be difficult to eradicate completely because they serve to maintain the delicate ‘balance’ between governmental and supranational elements in the EU.
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“Existing literatures e.g. on knowledge use (Weiss, 1980) or policy implementation ' deficits ' Jordan (1999) can be used to infer some challenges that decisionmakers face in acting on information to achieve change”
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- Authors
- Jordan, A.
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Jordan, A
- ORCID
- Jordan, A
- Venue
- Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-02
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-90
- ISSN
- 0263-774X (ISSN-L)
- 1472-3425
- OpenAlex
- W2020080962
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 61.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environment and Planning C Government and Policy (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › European Union Policy and Governance
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Keywords
- EU environmental policy, policy implementation, implementation deficit, policy gaps, supranational governance, EU institutions, policy actors, European Union
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