Uk Environmental Policy in the 1990s

by Tim S. Gray (Editor)

An examination of the environmental credentials of the Conservative Government following Margaret Thatcher's "green" speeches of 1988, the 1990 White Paper This Common Inheritance , and the Environmental Protection Act of 1990. The authors analyze a wide range of governmental environmental policy, discuss the principles behind the alleged new direction in policy, consider moves toward a new environmental protection agency, evaluate the influences of the European Union and the Earth Summit on UK environmental policymaking, and study the role of local authority initiatives. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

308 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995