Sustainability, innovation and participatory governance : a cross-national study of the EU Eco-management and audit scheme / edited by Hubert Heinelt and Randall Smith

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Policy Overview and Analytical Framework -- Introduction, Hubert Heinelt, Britta Meinke, Randall Smith and Georgios Terizakis -- Sustainability, innovation, participation and EMAS, Hubert Heinelt and Annette Elisabeth TAller -- The negotiation and renegotiation of a European policy tool, Annette Elisabeth TAller and Hubert Heinelt. Country Studies: The eco-management and audit scheme in Britain, Randall Smith and Femke Geerts -- The British case studies, Femke Geerts and Randall Smith; EMAS in Greece, Panagiotis Getimis, Georgia Giannakourou and Zafeiroula Dimadama -- The Greek case studies, Panagiotis Getimis and Zafeiroula Dimadama; EMAS in Germany, Hubert Heinelt, Tanja Malek and Annette Elisabeth TAller -- The German case studies, Brigitte GeiAYel. Reflections: EMAS: an instrument for participatory governance?, Hubert Heinelt, Britta Meinke and Annette Elisabeth TAller -- References -- Index.

This book focuses on whether participatory governance can lead to sustainable and innovative outcomes. Using an empirical analysis of the development, implementation and review of an EU environmental management system - the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), it examines under which circumstances participatory governance might encourage sustainability and innovation.