"Elite environmental attitudes and European integration"

Bourdouvalis, Chris. (1991) "Elite environmental attitudes and European integration". In: UNSPECIFIED, Fairfax, Virginiia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In the past has been argued that the European integration will take place at the elite level. This is mainly the approach of the neo-functionalist theorists who believe in the spill-over effect. Success in one area will lead to the adoption of new policy areas of co-operation. The European Community has expanded its policy of co-operation on several areas. One of the policy areas that has attracted significantly the attention of the Community politicians and political scientists has been the area of environment. This paper examines certain elite attitudes on environmental and energy policies in the European Parliament. It mainly examines a number of roll-call votes during the first term of the directly elected European Parliament. We try to find the degree of agreement or disagreement among the Members of the European Parliament on the above mentioned policy area. We looked at two variables: nation and political groups. This aspect indicates if the members of the European Parliament transcend national loyalties or ideological guidelines on the environmental issue.

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