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IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHORS SURVEY THE ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBY IN BRITAIN AND INDICATE ITS SCOPE AND RANGE OF ACTIVITIES. THEY DISCUSS THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT. AS THE STUDY SHOWS, A NUMBER OF POLITICAL ACTION METHODS HAVE BEEN WELL ADVANCED IN BRITAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INTEREST GROUP/ CONSERVATIONIST ALLIANCE FIELDS.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Concept of Policy Style -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 Policy Styles in Transition: A Cross-National Move Towards a More Impositional Policy Style? -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 3 The British Policy Style in Transition: From Governance to Government? -- Abstract -- The Westminster Model: Government via Mandated Imposition -- Governance: The Consensual/Bargaining Alternative Policy Style -- The Austerity Turn and Trickle-Down Dirigisme -- The Policy Reform Turn and the Spread of 'Reformitis' -- Ministerial/Civil Service Relations and the Changing Policy Style -- Constrained Consultation? -- References -- Chapter 4 Government Without Governance: A Difficult and Risky Business? -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 5 Brexit and the British Policy Style: Back to Governance? -- Abstract -- References -- References -- Index.

First published in 1982, Policy Styles in Western Europe considers the growth of the modern state in the 1980s and examines the implications of this for the making and implementation of public policy decisions. It argues that the business of government was simply easier in the 1970s and that the growth of the modern state has meant an expansion of public policies, with the state widening in areas of societal activity. This book looks at the similarities and differences that exist among the countries of Western Europe. Whilst it is increasingly clear that most policy problems a

A guide to how the European Union really works, in which 12 policy sectors are analysed by some of the leading EU scholars in the world. It considers how policy is made at the EU level, who is involved, which are the key institutions, and if they are pro-integration