This essay grew out of a symposium on Catholic social thought. It makes the case for solidarity and subsidiarity as principles of applied (secular) ethics by injecting them into what must be their most challenging context: catastrophic global climate disruption. It argues that the principles of...

The subsidiarity principle of water resources management suggests that water management and service delivery should take place at the lowest appropriate governance level. The principle is attractive for several reasons, primarily because: 1) the governance level can be reduced to reflect...

Appeals to a Principle of Subsidiarity has become popular due to its aspirations to address the allocation or use of authority within a political order, typically those where authority is dispersed between a centre and various member units. However, considerations of subsidiarity will seldom...

Since environmental policy is not vested exclusively in the EU, the principle of subsidiarity applies. It comes much more to the fore in the environmental field than in other policies such as the internal market. Indeed, environment policy entails constant cooperation between all institutional...

The principle of subsidiarity is a fundamental principle of the European Union. It has first been introduced in the field of environmental policy by the Single European Act in 1987 and extended to all fields of shared competencies by the Maastricht treaty in 1992. Since then much has been...

The aim of the present study is to provide an overview and an assessment of the involvement of regional parliaments having legislative powers (part 1 of the report), and other regional assemblies and relevant stakeholders (part 2 of the report) in the Subsidiarity EWS in the wake of the Lisbon...

The aim of the present study is to provide an overview and an assessment of the involvement of regional parliaments having legislative powers (part 1 of the report), and other regional assemblies and relevant stakeholders (part 2 of the report) in the Subsidiarity EWS in the wake of the Lisbon...

The 2001 White Paper and its development in the 3rd European Road Safety Action Program, represent a turning point in the history of the European Road Safety Policy. The possible determinants of the road mortality in the EU over (2000-2009) are examined using a panel data. Our main finding is...

Subsidiarity - a systemic predilection for locating authority at the most local level feasible - has long been admired for its ability to protect localized, diverse interests from the tyranny of a national majority. In this article I suggest a novel benefit of subsidiarity: it boosts the...