Comparing policy instruments employed in the European Union's environmental and social policy, this book develops a general theoretical framework to illustrate how policy-makers prefer different types of policy instruments depending on the respective effect they wish to have on …
A systematic comparison of the techniques used to implement policy goals in European environmental policy and European social policy. Holger Bähr argues that decisions made by political institutions and the politicization of policy problems both constrain political actors and pr…
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Explaining Policy Instruments -- 2 Comparing Policy Areas -- 3 European Environmental Policy -- 4 European Social Policy -- 5 Po…
