Atkinson, TP; (1992) Planning environmental policy: A case study of an emerging environmental policy community in Kent. Masters thesis (M.Phil), UCL (University College London).

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Abstract

Policy makers are increasingly aware of the environmental challenge created by the link between the incremental effects of local activities and global environmental problems. In Britain, local government and a network of environmental organizations share an interest in developing environmental policy to control and manage these local impacts on the environment. Some environmental organizations gain access to policy-making in local government because mutual benefits are gained by sharing opinion, expertise, information and resources. Since policy-making is a political, administrative and technical process, the effective influence of environmental organizations on the outcome of policy depends on their contacts and their contributions in each part of the process. There are limits on how far democratically accountable local government will permit environmental organizations to share in the power of policy-making. Equally, there are levels of compromise required of environmental organizations, for the privilege of insider status in a policy community, beyond which they are unwilling to go on account of their principles and the views of their membership.

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