Protecting Our Environment -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMANS -- OVERVIEW OF EUROPE -- WHAT/WHO IS EUROPE -- INTRODUCTION TO REGIME THEORY -- THE PROCESS OF REGIME FORMATION -- IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES -- APPLICABILITY OF REGIME THEORY TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSION -- 2. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY OF INTEGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS -- TREATIES AND ACTS AMENDING THE FOUNDING TREATIES -- GOVERNING STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY -- THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC IN EU POLICY MAKING -- CONCLUSION -- 3. THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- SUMMARY -- 4. SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN EUROPEAN UNION ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES -- IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS -- MONITORING EFFECTIVENESS -- SUMMARY -- 5. A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT -- GLOBAL WARMING -- ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE -- SOLID WASTE -- SOIL EROSION -- WATER POLLUTION -- LAND-USE PLANNING -- CONCLUSION -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS LEADING TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SUCCESS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- APPLICATION TO INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGIMES -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1: Articles 249-256 of the Treaty on European Union: Provisions Governing the Institutions -- APPENDIX 2: Articles 174-176 of the Treaty on European Union: Environment -- APPENDIX 3: The Sixth Community Environment Action Program -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

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