This study analyses the stringency of EU environmental regulations. Contrary to the proposition of an economic -trading up- of standards, the positive theory of environmental federalism which is developed allows for an examination of political mechanisms and the effects of regulation. Empirical...

Introduction : globalizing food and industrial aquaculture -- The analytical framework -- Neoliberalism and the emergence of the blue revolution in the global south -- The blue revolution and environmental dilemmas : resistance and response -- International environmental regulation regimes --...