caa a22 4500 397500270 CHVBK 20180308164531.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199506 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/spp/22.3.195 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/spp/22.3.195 Boehmer-Christiansen Sonja Science Policy Research Unit, Programme on Environmental Policy and Regulation, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RF, UK Reflections on scientific advice and EC transboundary pollution policy [Elektronische Daten] [Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen] European environmental policy-making is particularly complex because it must respond to internal political and economic agendas, the differing environmental conditions of member countries, world politics and expert assessments of environmental dantage. Experts have many functions in this process, ten of which are outlined, ranging from providing ‘greenwash' and an excuse for doing nothing, to problem solving and arbitrating in disputes. By ignoring many of these functions, the role of expertise in public policy debates tends to be underestimated in relation to politics, but overestimated in its impact on policy. Making sure that openness and representativeness prevail in national political processes would best serve European societies in protecting their environments. © Beech Tree Publishing 1995 Science and Public Policy Beech Tree Publishing 22/3(1995-06), 195-203 0302-3427 22:3<195 1995 22 spp https://doi.org/10.1093/spp/22.3.195 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/spp/22.3.195 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Boehmer-Christiansen Sonja Science Policy Research Unit, Programme on Environmental Policy and Regulation, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RF, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Public Policy Beech Tree Publishing 22/3(1995-06), 195-203 0302-3427 22:3<195 1995 22 spp Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford