"The Europeanization of Irish environmental policy: The triumph of policy style over substance?"

Flynn, Brendan. (2003) "The Europeanization of Irish environmental policy: The triumph of policy style over substance?". In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2003 (8th), March 27-29, 2003, pages 27, Nashville, TN.

Abstract

Irish environmental policy has unquestionably been altered through its engagement with over three decades of EU environmental policy-making. Where before her entry into the then EEC in 1973, Ireland had a somewhat minimalist and British influenced corpus of environmental regulation, she can now point to a march larger more diverse and more Europeanized body of environmental policy. Europeanization has then certainly increased and modernized the content of Irish environmental policy. Yet, the style and structures of Irish environmental policy have been much less influenced by the EU.