Amazon.com description: Product Description: The increasing recognition of the extent of transboundary pollution and the identification of a number of serious global environmental problems, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, has diminished the role of the European Union member states in environmental management. In this book, Susan Baker investigates the new model of politics this creates. Focusing on partnership and shared responsibility, it places a new emphasis on bottom-up participation in the EU policy process, particularly by environmental non-governmental organisations.