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TY - JOUR
T1 - Building the European Union: science and the cultural dimensions of environmental policy.
AU - Waterton, Claire
AU - Wynne, Brian
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - This article examines the role of scientific knowledge in European environmental policy. However, it docs so with a wider interest in mind, namely the putative building of a European political culture. In order to do so it attempts to identify some underlying cultural dimensions of scientific discourses for policy - of standardization, comparability and objectivity. We analyse one case in detail, that of nature classification under the European CORINE1 environmental information system. We argue that some basic assumptions made in the construction of this environmental information system have implications not only for science and policy in the sphere of the environment, but for broader debates about identifications with European political culture.
AB - This article examines the role of scientific knowledge in European environmental policy. However, it docs so with a wider interest in mind, namely the putative building of a European political culture. In order to do so it attempts to identify some underlying cultural dimensions of scientific discourses for policy - of standardization, comparability and objectivity. We analyse one case in detail, that of nature classification under the European CORINE1 environmental information system. We argue that some basic assumptions made in the construction of this environmental information system have implications not only for science and policy in the sphere of the environment, but for broader debates about identifications with European political culture.
KW - CORINE
KW - EEA
KW - environmental policy
KW - Europe
KW - standardization
U2 - 10.1080/13501769608407042
DO - 10.1080/13501769608407042
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 421
EP - 440
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
SN - 1466-4429
IS - 3
ER -