Abstract

The 'Greening' of the Ecopolitics of the World-System: Amazonia and Changes in the Ecopolitics of Brazil

Luiz C. Barbosa
San Francisco State University

Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 107-134, 1993

Abstract:
Changes in the ecopolitics of the Brazilian government in the 1980s and 1990s were a result of a « greening » of the ecopolitics of the world-system, which also added to the political leverage of Brazilian grassroots movements. They movements were able to forge alliances with international environmentalist organizations and receive substantial media coverage. The Brazilian government, in turn, was forced to pay attention to grassroots environmentalists in order to avoid sanctions from international lending institutions. Without world-systemic changes, Brazilian ecopolitics would have remained slow in changing ; additionally non-govermental organization and the media will play a key role in changing global ecopolitics in the future because without their pressure, governments are reluctant to change and implement environmental policies.

Keywords: green, greening, ecopolitics, amazon, rain forest, Brazilian, Brazil, environmental sociology, world-system

JEL Classifications: O13, O19

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Date posted: November 16, 2009 ; Last revised: November 16, 2009

Suggested Citation

Barbosa, Luiz C., The 'Greening' of the Ecopolitics of the World-System: Amazonia and Changes in the Ecopolitics of Brazil (1993). Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 107-134, 1993. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1506518

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Luiz C. Barbosa (Contact Author)

San Francisco State University ( email )

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San Francisco , CA 94132
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