Latin American Environmental Policy in International Perspective

by Macdonald, Gordon J.; Nielson, Daniel L.; Stern, Marc A.

• ISBN13: 9780813324241
• ISBN10: 0813324246
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

In this volume, scholars and policymakers from throughout the hemisphere consider the domestic and international factors that shape the process of environmental policymaking in Latin America. Particular attention is given to domestic political institutions, growing domestic and transnational environmental activism, the role of the international development community, and the effects of sweeping neoliberal economic reforms on environmental policy. The volume also offers a set of comparative essays on environmental policy and politics in other regions of the world that demonstrates the common challenges confronting policymakers in many rapidly industrializing nations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Environmental Politics and Policy in Latin America	p. 1
Domestic Politics and Policy	p. 13
The Politics of Rent Distribution and Latin American Natural Resource Policy	p. 15
Notes	p. 38
Democratization, Politics, and Environmental Reform in Latin America	p. 40
Conclusion	p. 55
Notes	p. 56
Conservation, Sustainable Development, and the Politics of Native F orest Policy in Chile	p. 60
Notes	p. 83
The Environmental Movement in Brazil: Institutionalization, Sustain able Development, and Crisis of Governance Since 1987	p. 88
International Aspects of Environmental Policy	p. 111
Free Trade and Environmental Policies: Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela	p. 113
Notes	p. 128
Endowing the Environment: Multilateral Development Banks and Environmental Lending in Latin America	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 151
Notes	p. 153
Transnational Environmental Ngos: Linkages and Impact on Policy	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 177
Notes	p. 178
Comparative Cases from Other Regions	p. 183
Environmental Policy Making in Southern Africa: Learning the Hard Way	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 204
Notes	p. 206
Environmental Degradation and Environmental Politics in the Former S oviet Union	p. 211
Environmental Challenges and Policy Responses in Indonesia	p. 237
Notes	p. 258
Conclusion	p. 258
Conclusion: Latin American Foreign Policy and International Environmental Regimes	p. 263
Conclusion	p. 274
Notes	p. 275
About the Book	p. 277
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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