Policy Parameters

Abstract

Until the late 1980s, the process of European integration was associated most often in the public mind with economic and agricultural matters. The issues that drew the attention of policymakers and the media — even if the public was often less than thrilled — included subsidies to farmers, the promotion of free trade, competition policy, battles over the budget, harmonization of standards and the role of the European Community in international trade. For no particularly logical reason, a number of social scientists described these as matters of ‘high’ or ‘hard’ policy.KeywordsBiomassWeldingMercurySludgeCadmiumThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.