Table I

Seveso II: the degree of fit

  degree of policy misfit degree of institutional misfit
The Netherlands low none
United Kingdom low none
Germany high medium
Spain high high
 

Table II

SDS: the degree of fit

  degree of policy misfit degree of institutional misfit
The Netherlands high medium
United Kingdom high medium
Germany medium medium
Spain high medium
 

Table III

Domestic change in enforcement

  Seveso II Directive Safety Data Sheets Directive
The Netherlands absorption slight absorption
United Kingdom absorption inertia
Germany slow transformation inertia
Spain slow transformation (Catalonia)
inertia (other Communities) 		inertia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Table IV

Seveso II: rational choice mediating factors

  veto-points facilitating institutions
NL few with little impact (industry) yes
UK few with little impact (industry) yes
D many
(Länder, federal ministries & industry) 		partly
(agencies are available, yet no tradition of expertise)
E many (Autonomous Communities) hardly (only installed late, no tradition of expertise)

Table V

Seveso II: sociological mediating factors

  change agents cooperative political culture
NL yes yes
UK yes yes
D to some extent after some debates
E to some extent to some extent

Table VI

SDS: rational choice mediating factors

  veto-points facilitating institutions
NL no yes
UK no yes
D no yes
E no yes

Table VII

SDS: sociological mediating factors

  change agents cooperative political culture
NL yes yes
UK no yes
D no yes
E no yes

Table VIII

Seveso II: explaining domestic change

  misfit presence mediating factors expected change actual change
NL low yes absorption absorption
UK low yes absorption absorption
D medium/high partly inertia/absorption slow transformation
E high hardly inertia slow transformation

Table IX

SDS: explaining domestic change

  misfit presence mediating factors expected change actual change
NL medium/high Yes transformation slight absorption
UK medium/high yes (except change agents) absorption/transformation inertia
D medium yes (except change agents) absorption/transformation inertia
E medium/high yes (except change agents) absorption/transformation inertia
©2004 by Esther Versluis
formated and tagged by KH, 24.11.2004