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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. The European Tradition: A Challenge to the Regulatory Orthodoxy?

Author : Daniel Fitzpatrick

Published in: The Politics of Regulation in the UK

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

Fitzpatrick critically examines the evolution of UK environmental regulation, with specific reference to the control of water pollution, in the context of the British regulatory tradition. In particular, he considers the challenge of an alternative European tradition, drawing on different legal, political and administrative norms, following the UK’s accession to the European Economic Community in 1973. He also argues that the emergence of new complex ‘wicked’ problems, such as diffuse urban pollution, has resulted in a dynamic process that has reanimated some of the traditional tenets of the British regulatory tradition while further confounding others.

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Metadata
Title
The European Tradition: A Challenge to the Regulatory Orthodoxy?
Author
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Copyright Year
2016
Book
The Politics of Regulation in the UK

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-46198-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-46199-5

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46199-5_5