Theme issue: European Union environmental policy at 25
Guest editor: A Jordan
Guest editorial
Task expansion: a theoretical overview 19 – 35
A R Zito
European environmental policy by stealth: the dysfunctionality of functionalism? 37 – 51
A Weale
The changing role of the European Union in international environmental politics: institution building and the politics of climate change 53 – 68
A M Sbragia, C Damro
The implementation of EU environmental policy: a policy problem without a political solution? 69 – 90
A Jordan
The greening of the EU: the Common Agricultural Policy and the Structural Funds 91 – 108
A Lenschow
European Union environmental policy at 25: retrospect and prospect 109 – 112
N Haigh
The influence of bureaucratic behavior on land apportionment in China: the informal process 113 – 126
K K Wong, X B Zhao
The European Parliament: agenda territories and agri-environment policymaking 127 – 144
A Jones, J R A Clark
Cross-national comparison of post-Cold-War defense conversion and labor policies: Sweden and the United States 145 – 160
S Deitrick
The purchaser - provider split: theory and UK evidence 161 – 176
S J Bailey, C Davidson
Business Link services to small and medium-sized enterprises: targeting, innovation, and charging 177 – 193
S J Priest
Local public expenditure with piecewise-linear nonconvex budget constraints 195 – 210
F Revelli
Transport investment and urban regeneration in a provincial city: Sheffield, 1992 - 96 211 – 226
P Lawless
The limits of policy diffusion: comparative experiences of second-home ownership in Britain and Sweden 227 – 244
C Allen, N Gallent, M Tewdwr-Jones
Theme issue: Small firms and public policy
Guest editor: I Chaston
Client and advisor management styles: influence on the effective provision of advisory services to small and medium-sized enterprises 257 – 270
I Chaston
Taxation and small firms: creating incentives for the reinvestment of profits 271 – 286
F Chittenden, P Poutziouris, N Michaelas, T Watts
Small firms and information and communication technologies: policy issues and some words of caution 287 – 302
E C Fuller, A Southern
An evaluation of a regional development agency's grants in terms of deadweight and displacement 303 – 318
H Lenihan
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'Getting tough' and 'getting smart': politics of the North American - Japan wood-products trade 319 – 344
R Hayter, D W Edgington
New labourers? Making a New Deal for the 'workless class' 345 – 372
J Peck
Reversing NIMBY: an assessment of state strategies for siting hazardous-waste facilities 379 – 389
O O Ibitayo, K D Pijawka
The funding of constituency party general election campaigns in Great Britain 391 – 409
R J Johnston, I MacAllister, C J Pattie
Policy implications arising from the impact of the last recession on the capital structure of UK SMEs 411 – 430
N Michaelas, F Chittenden, P Poutziouris
Ex-offenders and the labour market: a review of the discourse of social exclusion and consequences for crime and the New Deal 431 – 444
D R Fletcher
Privatization in France: the transformation of French capitalism 445 – 461
V A Schmidt
The use of indicators for targeting public expenditure: the Index of Local Deprivation 463 – 482
C Connolly, M Chisholm
Explaining state intervention in pollution issues in South Korea: the case of the evacuation of the pollution victims in Ulsan and Onsan 483 – 498
J Joo
Guest editorial
Theme issue: Generating small business growth
Part 1: Understanding growth
Guest editors: K O'Neill, A MacNabb, M Ram
Small-firm growth and public policy in Northern Ireland: making the difference? 511 – 525
M Hart, G Gudgin
Entrepreneurial diversification, business-cluster formation, and growth 527 – 547
P Rosa, M Scott
Innovation and new technology in rural small and medium-sized enterprises: some policy issues 549 – 566
D Smallbone, D North
Existing propensity to cooperate: an antecedent influencing the potential performance of small-business networks? 567 – 576
I Chaston
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Theme issue: Generating small business growth
Part 2: Small business policy and support
Guest editors: K O'Neill, A MacNabb, M Ram
Modelling the impact of taxation on the small-business economy: the NatWest/MBS tax index for the self-employed, sole-traders, and partnerships 577 – 592
P Poutziouris, F Chittenden, N Michaelas
Business associations: their potential contribution to government policy and the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises 593 – 608
R J Bennett
An examination of the developing role of personal business advisors within Business Link 609 – 619
J Lean, S Down, E Sadler-Smith
Management training and networking in small and medium-sized enterprises in three European regions: implications for business support 621 – 635
J Kitching, R Blackburn
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From policy insider to policy outcast? Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles, EU policymaking, and the EU's 'agri-environment' regulation 637 – 653
J R A Clark, A Jones
Theme issue: Regional Development Agencies
Guest editor: K Morgan
Regional Development Agencies and English regionalisation: the question of accountability 669 – 683
A Harding, S Wilks-Heeg, M Hutchins
Regional Development Agencies and the knowledge economy: harnessing the potential of universities 685 – 699
J B Goddard, P Chatterton
The Regional Development Agencies and social inclusion: widening the agenda 701 – 713
P E Lloyd
Planning and the English regions: conflict and convergence amongst the institutions of regional governance 715 – 729
J Murdoch, M Tewdwr-Jones
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Privatisation in Central Europe: different legacies, methods, and outcomes 731 – 751
A M Williams, V Balaz
Innovation prospects in US - Mexico border water management: the IBWC and the BECC in theoretical perspective 753 – 772
S P Mumme, S T Moore
Author index 777
Subject index 778 – 780
