The harmonization game: Reasons and rules in European biodiversity policy

摘要: Since Finland joined the European Union (EU) in 1995, Commission has shown growing impatience with how EU rules respect to protection of wolves and other large carnivores have been enforced within Finland. In 2005 referred matter Court Justice, which subsequently found deficient strict wolves. We investigate reasons underlying court case. identify two problems realm ‘reason giving’. The first problem arises from lack a causal model linking decentralized actions on part subjects administrative desired outcomes imagined by centralized entities issuing new rulings. second authoritarian tendencies that fail understand context for rural livelihoods Both these give rise surprising practical effects emerging ‘harmonization game’. introduce concept ‘instrumentality’ goal sustainable wolf populations. also ‘inverse high-grading’ under umbrella biodiversity protection. people will continue struggle over until more coherent policy goal, defensible rule structure, can be formulated. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ERP Environment