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Blurring or Shifting of Policy Frames?: Institutionalization of the Economic‐Environmental Policy Linkage in the European Community
Author(s) -
Lenschow Andrea,
Zito Anthony R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/0952-1895.00080
Subject(s) - institutionalisation , linkage (software) , environmental policy , sustainability , policy analysis , common agricultural policy , agricultural policy , economics , political science , economic system , agriculture , european union , public administration , environmental resource management , economic policy , law , geography , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , gene , archaeology
This article investigates how “policy frames” have shaped the way European Community actors perceive the policy linkage between market integration and environmental policy. The article contends that there are three Community policy frames: conditional, classic, and sustainability. They form alternative “packages” of policy ideas defining the relationship between economic and environmental policy. The article provides an analysis of how actors embed these frames in the Community's institutional framework.To illustrate the general impact of policy frames on the environmental arena, the article explores two cases: waste management policy, and the integration of environmental concerns into the Community's agricultural policy. The article concludes by highlighting the different factors that promote and undermine the formation of “thick” institutional structures likely to integrate environmental and economic policy objectives.