SHIFTING AGENDAS, CHANGING REGULATORY STRUCTURES AND THE NEW POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: BRITISH COASTAL WATER POLICY, 1955-1995

JORDAN, ANDREW;GREENAWAY, JOHN

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/1998, pág. 669

1. Policy stability and radical upheavals. 2.Theorizing policy change. 3. The old politics of coastalwater quality. 4. The 1980s: changing agendas and new policyparadigms?. a) The Europeanization of British water policy.b) Privatization and arms length regulation. c) New sourcesof environmental pressure. d) New scientific and medicalunderstanding. 5. The new politics of coastal water quality.6. Relating the theories to the case study. 7. Conclusion.