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Taylor & Francis Ltd THE EU AS INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATOR by Tom Delreux
Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations. In particular this book looks at the internal EU decision-making process with regard to international negotiations that lead to multilateral environmental agreements. By studying eight such decision-making processes the book analyses how much negotiation autonomy (or discretion) the EU negotiator (the European Commission or the Council Presidency) enjoys vis-A -vis the member states it represents and how this particular degree of discretion can be explained. The books empirical evidence is based on extensive literature review primary and semi-confidential document research as well as interviews with EU decision-makers. It is aimed at a readership interested in EU politics and decision-making global/multilateral governance environmental policy science and methodological development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis.