School of Politics and International Studies

Chapters

• Burns CJ; Carter N (2010) The European Parliament and Climate Change: From symbolism to heroism and back again In: Wurzel R; Connelly J (eds.) The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics pp. 58 - 73 Routledge

  Additional chapters analyse the EU as a global actor and the climate change policies ofAmerica and China and how they have responded to the EU's ambitions.This ...

• Burns C (2005) The European Parliament: The European Union’s Environmental Champion? In: Jordan A (eds.) Environmental Policy in the European Union pp. 87 - 105 Earthscan

• Burns C (2002) The European Parliament In: Warleigh A (eds.) Understanding European Union Institutions pp. 61 - 79 Routledge

Journal Articles

• Burns C; Carter N (2010) Is Co-decision Good for the Environment? An Analysis of the European Parliament's Green Credentials In: POLITICAL STUDIES 58 pp. 123 - 142

• Burns C; Carter N; Worsfold N (2012) Enlargement and the Environment: The Changing Behaviour of the European Parliament In: JCMS-JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES 50 pp. 54 - 70

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• Burns CJ How and When Did We Get Here? An Historical Instituionalist Analysis of EU Biotechnology Policy In: Journal of European Integration

  EU biotechnology policy is locked into a sub-optimal path, with a fractured regulatory system and limited release of new crops onto the market. An historical institutionalist analysis of this policy area reveals insights into how this state of affairs came to pass and allows predictions about the sector’s future development. The case study also provides insights into how and why policies become locked into certain paths, thereby contributing to further understanding of how history can matter. In this instance it is suggested that a relatively small decision early on in the policy’s development was more important than a subsequent exogenous shock.

• Burns CJ; Carter N; Davies G; Worsfold N Still saving the earth? The European Parliament’s environmental record In: Environmental Politics

  The European Parliament (EP) has been heralded as a champion of environmental policy within the European Union (EU). However, there have been few recent studies of the EP’s treatment of environmental legislation, despite the many changes that have taken place within the EU. To correct this oversight all EP amendments to environmental co-decision legislation between 1999 and 2009 have been classified according to their environmental importance and analysed to determine how the chamber’s behaviour has changed over time and which factors shape its success. The EP appears to have become both less radical and less successful in incorporating strong green amendments into legislation, and the European Commission emerges as a central explanation for the EP’s ability to do so. Despite the Commission’s reputation as a partner seeking to advance the environmental agenda, it does not appear inclined to support the EP’s attempts to green legislation.