Environmental Populism

Buzogány, Áron; Mohamad-Klotzbach, Christoph

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80803-7_19

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“…As detailed in Figures 01 and 02 It is worth noting that some populist far-right governments advocate for 'green patriotism', favoring environmental conservation, especially when it concerns the protection of their homelands (BUZOGÁNY and MOHAMAD -KLOTZBACH, 2022). Therefore, in this study, we consider the following contextual conditions that enable the proposed cause and causal mechanism to function as hypothesized PEDERSEN, 2019, 2016): the presence of an electoral base connected to agribusiness and activities with extensive exploitation of natural resources; and a thriving commodities market characterized by a high demand for increased production from the electoral base involved in resource-intensive activities.…”

Section: Methodological Procedures: Theorization Of the Causal Mechan...mentioning

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Populism and the Dismantling of Brazil's Deforestation Oversight Policy

Pereira,

Morais,

Salomon

et al. 2024

Bras. political sci. rev.

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How does the election of far-right populist leaders contribute to the environmental crisis? We delved into this question by conducting an in-depth case study on the impact of Jair Bolsonaro's government (2019)(2020)(2021)(2022) on the rise of deforestation rates in the Legal Amazon. Our focus was on forest deforestation oversight, the main tool for enforcing Brazilian environmental policy against deforestation, particularly in the short term. Since 2019, deforestation rates in the Amazon have surged to concerning levels, identified as the primary driver of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil. Consequently, controlling deforestation poses a significant challenge for the country to meet its international climate goals and agreements. Our research is grounded in four theoretical approaches: state capacities; populism and public administration; political discourse and populism; and dismantling of public policies. We used process tracing, a case study method designed to make detailed inferences about the existence of a causal mechanism. Formulating empirical propositions and gathering account, trace, and pattern evidence, we hypothesized and tested a mechanism consisting of three parts: discourse, dismantling, and reduction of policy outputs.

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Populism and the Dismantling of Brazil's Deforestation Oversight Policy

Pereira,

Morais,

Salomon

et al. 2024

Bras. political sci. rev.

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“…Environmental populism has attracted significant research interest in recent years. In politics, the environmental theme is usually exploited for commercial interests, and environmental populism is unlikely to garner support for political forces (Buzogány & Mohamad-Klotzbach, 2022;Gorbachev, 2021). At the same time, the EU's environmental policy has never been analyzed holistically from a comparative or a foreign policy perspective, in view of the existing environmental initiatives.…”

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The European Union’s legislative process in the area of environmental protection in the context of the European environmental policy

Mammadov,

Kala,

Hajiyeva

et al. 2024

ASPAL

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Motives: This research paper analyzes the legislative process and the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) environmental law as one of the principal tools for achieving and maintaining global ecological safety.Aim: The study was undertaken to determine how the priorities of the EU’s foreign and internal policy are reflected in the legislative process in the area of environmental protection. The problems associated with law enforcement and the implementation of EU legislative acts in national legislation were also examined, and the current state and prospects for policy-making in the area of environmental protection were assessed. The paper considers environmental policy issues and legal regulations in Azerbaijan in the context of EU experiences. The research covers political and legal relations.Results: An analysis of the historical transformation of the EU’s environmental law from an institutional and constitutional perspective was combined with an analysis of the principal aspects and the main trends in the EU’s environmental governance and lawmaking. The EU’s contribution to the development of environmental legislation highlights its approach to the multi-layered dimension of environmental governance internally, in terms of the dynamic relationship between the EU and the Member States, as well as internationally. The EU’s policy and legal regulations in the area of environmental protection can serve as a reliable example for countries in which the environmental agenda has not yet received due attention. The above applies to both strategic planning, regulatory issues, and law enforcement practices.

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“…Climate change tends to be discussed as a technical issue, a transnational issue, and an issue that invites alternative ways of living and post-material values-in all, the very opposite of a populist issue and perfect for populist negation imaginary [255,256]. But White finds another important explanation-the discourse of emergency-that it is something necessitating an urgent response [257].…”

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Strategies and Impacts of Policy Entrepreneurs: Ideology, Democracy, and the Quest for a Just Transition to Climate Neutrality

von Malmborg

2024

Sustainability

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The concept of policy entrepreneurs has gained increasing attention in studies of policy change, including climate policy and governance. It foregrounds the role of agency in understanding policy change. However, agency of policy entrepreneurs in the policy process is political and conceals the power that shapes how public problems and policies are framed and defined. Thus, policy entrepreneurs should be confronted with the challenge of generating legitimacy, accountability, and justice in their actions and the implementation of their targeted policy change. Drawing on political–philosophical theories of liberal and deliberative democracy as well as environmental and ecological democracy this paper outlines a conceptual framework for critical analytical as well as normative research on strategies and impacts of policy entrepreneurs on democratic governance, primarily in climate policy but also more generally. Empirical research on the strategies and impacts of policy entrepreneurs in recent policymaking on climate change mitigation in the EU and Sweden identifies several deficits related to the democratic principles of legitimacy, accountability, and justice. It is found that policy entrepreneurs from different social spheres use cultural–institutional entrepreneurship to influence beliefs and perceptions on problems and policies. In addition, it is found that public sector policy entrepreneurs use structural entrepreneurship on ideological grounds to change existing power relations in climate governance. In all, the paper brings ideology and politics into research on policy entrepreneurs. It is suggested that not only the strategies used, but also the ideologies of the actors that use them, are decisive for the impacts of policy entrepreneurs, and thus, whether their advocacy will adhere to democratic norms and facilitate or hamper a just transition to climate neutrality and sustainability. The paper ends with proposals on how policy entrepreneurs can act more democratically, how to deal with populist policy entrepreneurs wanting to erode democracy, and conditions for climate justice movements to take responsibility and act in a more entrepreneurial way.

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Environmental Populism

Cited by 17 publications

References 82 publications

Populism and the Dismantling of Brazil's Deforestation Oversight Policy

Populism and the Dismantling of Brazil's Deforestation Oversight Policy

The European Union’s legislative process in the area of environmental protection in the context of the European environmental policy

Strategies and Impacts of Policy Entrepreneurs: Ideology, Democracy, and the Quest for a Just Transition to Climate Neutrality

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