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.

Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R., Zito

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 'New' Instruments of Environmental Governance: Patterns and Pathways of Change, Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito; Part 2 National Experiences; Chapter 2 The Politics of 'Light-Handed Regulation': 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in Australia, Elim Papadakis, Richard Grant; Chapter 3 Struggling to Leave Behind a Highly Regulatory Past? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in Austria, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Lars Brückner, Andrew Jordan, Anthony R. Zito; Chapter 4 The Politics of Regulatory Reform: 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in Finland, Rauno Sairinen; Chapter 5 The Politics of Bounded Innovation: 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in France, Joseph Szarka; Chapter 6 From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy?, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Andrew Jordan, Anthony R. Zito, Lars Brückner; Chapter 7 Much Talk But Little Action? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in Ireland, Brendan Flynn; Chapter 8 Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State, Anthony R. Zito, Lars Brückner, Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel; Chapter 9 Policy Innovation or 'Muddling Through'? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom, Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito, Lars Brückner; Part 3 Comparative Conclusions; Chapter 10 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments, Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito;