From network structure to policy design in water protection : a comparative perspective on micropollutants in the Rhine River Riparian Countries / Florence Metz.

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Annexes; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Micropollutants in Surface Water-A New Policy Field; 1.2 Do Policy Networks Matter to Explain Policy Design?; 1.3 Structure of This Book; References; 2 Comparing Policy Designs in Water Protection: Micropollutants Policies in the Rhine River Riparian States; 2.1 Policy Design; 2.1.1 What Is Policy Design?; 2.1.2 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach; 2.1.2.1 First-Generation Policy Design Scholars

2.1.2.2 Second-Generation Policy Design Scholars2.1.2.3 Third-Generation Policy Scholars; 2.1.2.4 Lessons from Previous Research and Moving Toward a New Approach; 2.1.3 A New Approach to Policy Design: The Policy Comprehensiveness Index; 2.2 Policy Comprehensiveness Index: Data, Method, Operationalization; 2.2.1 Data Collection; 2.2.2 Index Construction and Operationalization of Indicators; 2.2.2.1 Identification of Relevant Indicators; 2.2.2.2 Transformation into Uniform Units; 2.2.2.3 Weighing Indicators; 2.2.2.4 Generating an Indexed Measure of Utility; 2.2.2.5 Sensitivity Analysis

2.3 Micropollutants Policies Along the Rhine River2.3.1 Micropollutants and Rhine River; 2.3.2 The EU Policy Framework on Water Protection; 2.3.3 The Swiss Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.3.1 Switzerland: The Amendment Process of the Waters Protection Act and Ordinance; 2.3.3.2 Indexing the Swiss Waters Protection Act and Ordinance; 2.3.4 The German Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.4.1 Germany: The Adoption Process of the Surface Water Ordinance; 2.3.4.2 Indexing the German Surface Water Ordinance; 2.3.5 The French Micropollutants Policy

2.3.5.1 France: The Adoption Process of the 'Plan Micropolluants'2.3.5.2 Indexing the French 'Plan Micropollutants'; 2.3.6 The Dutch Micropollutants Policy; 2.3.6.1 The Netherlands: Policy Project on Pharmaceutical Micropollutants; 2.3.6.2 Indexing the Dutch Policy Project on Pharmaceutical Micropollutants; 2.3.7 Summary of the Comprehensiveness of Policy Designs on Micropollutants; References; 3 Water Policy Networks-The Structural Perspective; 3.1 Policy Networks; 3.1.1 The Network Approach to Policymaking; 3.1.2 Characteristics of Policy Networks

3.2 Network Structure: Data, Method, Operationalization3.2.1 Data Collection for Policy Network Structure; 3.2.1.1 Policy Actors; 3.2.1.2 Conceptualizing Policymaking Processes as Policy Networks; 3.2.1.3 Definition of Network Boundary and Key Actors; 3.2.1.4 Questionnaire Design, Mixed-Mode Survey, and Contact Procedures; 3.2.1.5 Response Rates; 3.2.2 Social Network Analysis; 3.2.3 Operationalization of Policy Network Structure; 3.2.3.1 Belief Cohesion; 3.2.3.2 Interconnectedness; 3.2.3.3 Coalition Formation; 3.2.3.4 Coalition Structure; 3.2.3.5 Brokerage; 3.2.3.6 Entrepreneurship