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The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence (2023)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K., Di Lullo, M., & Liefferink, D. (2023). The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence. In T. Rayner, K. Szulecki, A. J. Jordan, & S. Oberthür (Eds.), Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics (38-52). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906981.00014

The European Council and the Council each constitute at once supranational EU institutions in which Member States collectively take decisions in the interest of the EU and intergovernmental bargaining arenas for Member States which try to defend thei... Read More about The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence.

Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance (2023)
Book Chapter
Liefferink, D., Andersen, M. S., Gheuens, J., Tobin, P., Torney, D., & Wurzel, R. K. (2023). Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance. In H. Jörgens, C. Knill, & Y. Steinebach (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy (237-248). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003043843-20

The authors explore the role of leadership in environmental governance. During recent decades, insights from the International Relations and Comparative Politics literature have been combined to improve our understanding of the different motives, pos... Read More about Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance.

Governing with multiple policy instrument types? (2021)
Book Chapter
Moore, B., Benson, D., Jordan, A., Wurzel, R. K. W., & Zito, A. (2021). Governing with multiple policy instrument types?. In A. Jordan, & V. Gravey (Eds.), Environmental Policy in the EU Actors, Institutions and Processes. (4th). Routledge

The EU’s role in determining the overall goals of environmental policy is widely known and well understood. However, its role in determining the choice and use of implementing instruments at EU and national levels is not as well understood. Despite c... Read More about Governing with multiple policy instrument types?.

The Council, European Council and Member States (2021)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K. (2021). The Council, European Council and Member States. In A. Jordan, & V. Gravey (Eds.), Environmental Policy in the EU Actors, Institutions and Processes, 4th edition (75-92). Routledge

Member states shape EU policy by working within the Council of the European Union (or 'Council' for short). The Council is thus a central player in EU decision making. There are different Council formations (made up of ministers responsible for parti... Read More about The Council, European Council and Member States.

Conclusion: Pioneers, leaders, followers in multilevel and polycentric climate governance re-assessed (2020)
Book Chapter
Paul, T., Wurzel, R., & Skou Andersen, M. (2021). Conclusion: Pioneers, leaders, followers in multilevel and polycentric climate governance re-assessed. In R. K. Wurzel, M. S. Andersen, & P. Tobin (Eds.), Climate Governance across the Globe Pioneers, Leaders and Followers (259-267). Routledge

As outlined in Chapter 1, the core analytical themes of this book are: the conceptualisation of pioneers, leaders and followers within multilevel governance (MLG) and polycentric (climate) governance structures. These conceptual framings are overlapp... Read More about Conclusion: Pioneers, leaders, followers in multilevel and polycentric climate governance re-assessed.

Introduction: Climate governance across the globe: Pioneers, leaders and followers (2020)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K., Andersen, M. S., & Tobin, P. (2020). Introduction: Climate governance across the globe: Pioneers, leaders and followers. In R. Wurzel, M. S. Andersen, & P. Tobin (Eds.), Climate Governance across the Globe Pioneers, Leaders and Followers (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014249-2

As outlined in this chapter, the core analytical themes of this book are: the conceptualisation of pioneers, leaders and followers within multilevel governance (MLG) and polycentric (climate) governance structures. These conceptual framings are overl... Read More about Introduction: Climate governance across the globe: Pioneers, leaders and followers.

Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership (2016)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. (2016). Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership. In R. K. Wurzel, J. Connelly, & D. Liefferink (Eds.), The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead? (221-236). Routledge

Surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to the role which environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) have played in EU climate change politics, although there are exceptions (e.g. Long et al. 2002; Wurzel and Connelly 2011a; S... Read More about Environmental NGOs: pushing for leadership.

Introduction: European Union climate leadership (2016)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., Wurzel, R. K., & Liefferink, D. (2016). Introduction: European Union climate leadership. In The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead? (3-19). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315627199

There is no shortage of would-be leaders in EU climate change politics. The EU institutions (e.g. European Council, Council of the EU, Commission and the European Parliament (EP)), member states and societal actors have all, though to varying degrees... Read More about Introduction: European Union climate leadership.

Policy Instruments in Practice (2011)
Book Chapter
Jordan, A., Benson, D., Wurzel, R., & Zito, A. (2011). Policy Instruments in Practice. In J. S. Dryzek, R. B. Norgaard, & D. Schlosberg (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society (536 - 549). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199566600.003.0036

© The several contributors 2011. All rights reserved. This article is about the instruments that have been adopted by various governments to implement the decided policy on climate change. This article surveys the theoretical literature on instrument... Read More about Policy Instruments in Practice.

Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition (2010)
Book Chapter
Dai, X., & Diao, Z. (2010). Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (252-268). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

Traditional Chinese thinking holds that human development and nature are in ‘one’ (harmony, or ). The notion of harmony between nature and society suggests that the ancient Chinese were already aware of the importance of the ecological system to huma... Read More about Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition.

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.

Evironmental Policies: Green Europe (2010)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. (2010). Evironmental Policies: Green Europe. In Which Europe? The Politics of Differentiated European Integration (265 - 278). Palgrave Macmillan

Germany (2008)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K. (2008). Germany. In Innovation in Environmental Policy?: Integrating the Environment for Sustainability (180-201). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Environmental policy: EU actors, leader and laggard states (2008)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K. W. (2008). Environmental policy: EU actors, leader and laggard states. In Leaderless Europe (66-88). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199535026.003.0005

© The several contributors 2008. All rights reserved. Starting from internal market harmonization regulations and with the European Court of Justice's broad interpretation of the Rome Treaty, a common environmental policy have emerged with leader and... Read More about Environmental policy: EU actors, leader and laggard states.