From network structure to policy design in water protection : a comparative perspective on micropollutants in the Rhine River Riparian Countries

• Main Author: Metz, Florence (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Water.
• Subjects: Water resources development > Government policy.; Water > Pollution.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319556932; 9783319556925
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The book examines a new concern in water quality policy, namely aquatic micropollutants. Micropollutants are chemicals detected in small concentrations in waterbodies today, originating from pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, or detergents, among others. Since the regulation of micropollutants is a fairly...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Annexes; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Micropollutants in Surface Water-A New Policy Field; 1.2 Do Policy Networks Matter to Explain Policy Design?; 1.3 Structure of This Book; References; 2 Comparing Policy Designs in Water Protection: Micropollutants Policies in the Rhine River Riparian States; 2.1 Policy Design; 2.1.1 What Is Policy Design?; 2.1.2 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach; 2.1.2.1 First-Generation Policy Design Scholars.
• 2.1.2.2 Second-Generation Policy Design Scholars2.1.2.3 Third-Generation Policy Scholars; 2.1.2.4 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach; 2.1.3 A New Approach to Policy Design: The Policy Comprehensiveness Index; 2.2 Policy Comprehensiveness Index: Data, Method, Operationalization; 2.2.1 Data Collection; 2.2.2 Index Construction and Operationalization of Indicators; 2.2.2.1 Identification of Relevant Indicators; 2.2.2.2 Transformation into Uniform Units; 2.2.2.3 Weighing Indicators; 2.2.2.4 Generating an Indexed Measure of Utility; 2.2.2.5 Sensitivity Analysis.
• 2.3 Micropollutants Policies Along the Rhine River2.3.1 Micropollutants and Rhine River; 2.3.2 The EU Policy Framework on Water Protection; 2.3.3 The Swiss Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.3.1 Switzerland: The Amendment Process of the Waters Protection Act and Ordinance; 2.3.3.2 Indexing the Swiss Waters Protection Act and Ordinance; 2.3.4 The German Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.4.1 Germany: The Adoption Process of the Surface Water Ordinance; 2.3.4.2 Indexing the German Surface Water Ordinance; 2.3.5 The French Micropollutants Policy.
• 2.3.5.1 France: The Adoption Process of the 'Plan Micropolluants'2.3.5.2 Indexing the French 'Plan Micropollutants'; 2.3.6 The Dutch Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.6.1 The Netherlands: Policy Project on Pharmaceutical Micropollutants; 2.3.6.2 Indexing the Dutch Policy Project on Pharmaceutical Micropollutants; 2.3.7 Summary of the Comprehensiveness of Policy Designs on Micropollutants; References; 3 Water Policy Networks-The Structural Perspective; 3.1 Policy Networks; 3.1.1 The Network Approach to Policymaking; 3.1.2 Characteristics of Policy Networks.
• 3.2 Network Structure: Data, Method, Operationalization3.2.1 Data Collection for Policy Network Structure; 3.2.1.1 Policy Actors; 3.2.1.2 Conceptualizing Policymaking Processes as Policy Networks; 3.2.1.3 Definition of Network Boundary and Key Actors; 3.2.1.4 Questionnaire Design, Mixed-Mode Survey, and Contact Procedures; 3.2.1.5 Response Rates; 3.2.2 Social Network Analysis; 3.2.3 Operationalization of Policy Network Structure; 3.2.3.1 Belief Cohesion; 3.2.3.2 Interconnectedness; 3.2.3.3 Coalition Formation; 3.2.3.4 Coalition Structure; 3.2.3.5 Brokerage; 3.2.3.6 Entrepreneurship.