Environmental problems are firmly on the political agenda. The stark threat to the planet from
climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can no longer be ignored by governments …

The Yorkshire drought of 1995 was the most extreme climate event faced by the English and
Welsh water industry since its privatization in 1989. As an emblem of crisis in privatized …

This book provides an excellent insight into the theory and practice of political
representation, a concept that is central to the understanding of modern British politics. The …

The rural areas of Britain, Europe and the developed world are undergoing massive
changes, with increasing concern about productivity, agricultural methods and …

First published in 1998, this book examines how established policy networks and the
broader context within which they are embedded influence the choice of policy when …

A little over a decade after privatization, the water supply industry in England and Wales is
undergoing a period of restructuring; many water companies have withdrawn from equity …

First published in 1997. There was a time when pollution was equated with the urban and
the industrial. But things have changed. What were previously mutually exclusive categories …

In preparing this book on environmental politics and policy, we had two broad purposes. The
first was to give a full and up-to-date account of the institutions and issues involved in UK …

This article examines some of the processes conditioning both policy stability and policy
change. It focuses on how established policy communities (usually associated with policy …

Since the early 1990s there has been a proliferation of calls for integrated water resource
management as a strategy for sustainable water management. While literatures have …