Environmental Policy Integration

Andrea Lenschov is lecturer in political science at the University of Salzburg. She was formerly a research fellow at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and a doctoral student at New York University.

• Part I: Introduction - Greening the European Union: An Introduction * Three Conceptions of the Integration Principle in International Environmental Law * Part II: Country Studies - Efficient Hardware and Light Green Software: Environmental Policy Integration in the UK * Efficient Policy Integration as a Political Principle: The German Case and the Implications of European Policy * Environmental Policy Integration in Italy: Is a Green Government Enough? Some Evidence from the Italian Case * Part III: European Union Policy Studies - Integrating European Environmental and Agricultural Policy * Why Does Environmental Policy Integration Fail? The Case of Environmental Taxation for Heavy Goods Vehicles * The Sustainability of Freight Transport Across the Alps: European Union Policy in Controversies on Transit Traffic * European Union Energy Policy in a Changing Climate * Dynamics in a Multilevel Policy: Greening the European Union Regional and Cohesion Funds * Part IV: Conclusion - Conclusion: What Are the Bottlenecks and Where Are The Opportunities for Greening the European Union? * Index

'With this book, Lenschow does fill an academic gap by mapping out the bureaucratic progress the EU has undergone in (attempting to) green policies. Therefore, it may prove a useful tool for those scholars who want to explore this direction further.' Environmental Politics