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100			_aBrown, M. Leann
245			_aScientific uncertainty and learning in European Union environmental policy making
260			_c2000
300			_ap.576-96
520			_aScientific uncertainty characterizes policymaking in many environmental issue areas. Policymakers must rely on scientists to bring environmental problems to their attention, design and prescribe policy solutions, and to define and evaluate policy effectiveness. An important theoretical question is: What role does organizational learning play in amelioration of scientific uncertainty and shaping environmental policy. This study examines the political processes and policy outcomes associated with European Union policymaking to revise water quality directives and deal with climate change to ascertain and describe the role played by organizational learning. The evidence suggests that organizational learning is occurring as an integral part of the political dynamics of policymaking in these two issue areas. - Reproduced
650			_aEuropean union
650			_aEnvironmental policy
773			_aPolicy Studies Journal
909			_a47552
999			_c47552 _d47552