The Battle for Standardised Cigarette Packaging in Europe: Multi-Level Governance, Policy Transfer and the Integrated Strategy of the Global Tobacco Industry ... Studies in Public Health Policy Research)

"This book is essential reading for researchers of tobacco policy change. Too many studies simply complain that change is too slow because tobacco companies are too powerful and politicians lack the will to challenge them. This book goes much further, to help us understand not just industry strategy but the policy processes in which policy advocates engage, learn from each other, and help create essential global tobacco policy change." Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, UK "This book is rare in making genuinely significant contributions across both public health and policy studies. By focusing on the battle for standardised packs, it engagingly addresses one of the most prominent recent innovations in health policy that has relevance both beyond Europe and across multiple spheres of health policy. In doing so, it also offers an innovative analysis of the role of transnational corporations in policy transfer." Jeff Collin, University of Edinburgh, UK This book analyses the battle for standardised cigarette packaging (‘plain packaging’) in Europe, drawing on the concepts of multi-level governance and policy transfer. It analyses the strategies of policy makers, non-governmental organisations and transnational tobacco companies in attempting either to advance or to block the introduction of standardised packaging. Taking a global and multi-level approach, it analyses these struggles within European Union institutions, EU member states, and across jurisdictions, as NGOs and tobacco companies worked transnationally to counter each other. As well as presenting original empirical research detailing these policy battles, the book provides new theoretical insights into policy transfer processes, particularly within multi-level polities, showing how transnational corporations can have dramatic effects on these processes. The book will appeal equally to public health researchers, policy analysts and political scientists. "This book is essential reading for researchers of tobacco policy change. Too many studies simply complain that change is too slow because tobacco companies are too powerful and politicians lack the will to challenge them. This book goes much further, to help us understand not just industry strategy but the policy processes in which policy advocates engage, learn from each other, and help create essential global tobacco policy change." --Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, UK "This book is rare in making genuinely significant contributions across both public health and policy studies. By focusing on the battle for standardised packs, it engagingly addresses one of the most prominent recent innovations in health policy that has relevance both beyond Europe and across multiple spheres of health policy. In doing so, it also offers an innovative analysis of the role of transnational corporations in policy transfer." --Jeff Collin, University of Edinburgh, UK This book analyses the battle for standardised cigarette packaging ('plain packaging') in Europe, using the concepts of multi-level governance and policy transfer. It analyses the strategies of policy makers, non-governmental organisations and transnational tobacco companies in attempting either to advance or to block the introduction of standardised packaging. Taking a global and multi-level approach, it analyses these struggles within European Union institutions, EU member states, and across jurisdictions, as NGOs and tobacco companies worked transnationally to counter each other. As well as presenting original empirical research, the book provides new theoretical insights into policy transfer processes, particularly within multi-level polities, showing how transnational corporations can have dramatic effects on these processes. The book will appeal equally to public health researchers, policy analysts and political scientists. Benjamin R. Hawkins is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health and Development at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Chris Holden is Reader in International Social Policy at the University of York, UK. Sophie Mackinder is Associate Lecturer in International Development and Global Social Policy at the University of York, UK.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 1-15 Policy Transfer in the Context of Multi-level Governance (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 17-44 The EU Tobacco Products Directive (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 45-76 The Member-State Level: Standardised Packaging in Ireland and Beyond (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 77-101 Policy Transfer and Transnational NGO Networks (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 103-125 Discussion and Conclusion (Benjamin Hawkins, Chris Holden, Sophie Mackinder)....Pages 127-146 Back Matter ....Pages 147-154