Product Description: HMP Haslar is unique in the British prison estate. Everyone locked up there is an 'immigration detainee'. They were sent to jail by civil servants. They have had no trial. Some of the men - who are not to be called prisoners - have been 'held' for more than two years...read more

Product Description: 'This path-breaking book, written by three well known experts, makes an extremely valuable contribution to the study of 'new' environmental policy instruments as well as to much wider theoretical debates about governance, policy innovation, learning and transfer...read more

Product Description: The European Union (EU) has a hugely important effect on the way in which environmental policies are framed and implemented in many different parts of the world, but especially Europe. The new and comprehensively revised edition of this well-known textbook provides a state-of-the-art analysis of all the EU’s environmental policies...read more

Product Description: The crisis of unsustainability is, above all else, a crisis of governance. The transition to a more sustainable world will inevitably require radical changes in the actions of all governments, and it will call for significant changes to the lifestyles of individuals everywhere...read more

As the traditional mode of coordinating--essentially issuing regulation--no longer commands sufficient political support, the EU has turned to what are increasingly termed soft or 'new' modes of governance, which rely upon different actors working together in relatively non-hierarchical networks. This analysis provides the first book-length account of how effective network-based modes are at addressing problems that simultaneously demand greater levels of horizontal and vertical coordination.

Product Description: This is a unique book-length accounts of the domestic impact of EU membership. Drawing on expert contributions, this volume provides a state of the art account of how membership has affected the institutions of central, devolved and local governance, the activities of organized interests, and major areas of public policy...read more

Product Description: Charlie Cole was a young man with a big dream. He wanted to open his own restaurant, but for as long as he could remember that dream of owning his own restaurant was always just that—until the day he made the discovery of his life...read more

Contains poems, which explore the remnants of a system of ancient narrative trackways that criss-cross the landscapes of south and south-west England.

Product Description: This second and fully revised edition brings together some of the most influential work on the theory and practice of contemporary EU environmental policy. Comprising five comprehensive parts, it includes in-depth case studies of contemporary policy issues such as climate change, genetically modified organisms and trans-Atlantic relations, as well as an assessment of how well the EU is responding to new challenges such as enlargement, environmental policy integration and sustainability...read more

Product Description: This second and fully revised edition brings together some of the most influential work on the theory and practice of contemporary EU environmental policy. Comprising five comprehensive parts, it includes in-depth case studies of contemporary policy issues such as climate change, genetically modified organisms and trans-Atlantic relations, as well as an assessment of how well the EU is responding to new challenges such as enlargement, environmental policy integration and sustainability...read more

Product Description: The use of so-called "new" environmental policy instruments such as eco-taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements and eco-labels has prompted widespread claims that these devices have replaced regulation. These papers offer a fresh perspective on the evolving tool-box of environmental policy...read more

Product Description: Almost all aspects of modern politics have been deeply Europeanized, yet we know surprisingly little about how the EU affects the inner workings of national government. This book conceptualizes the profound Europeanization of British environmental government and policy both as a lagged response to European integration and as an important determinant of Britain's contribution to that process...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)