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Environmental Protection Issue Networks in Amazonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Maria Guadalupe Rodrigues
Maria Guadalupe Rodrigues*
Affiliation:
College of the Holy Cross
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Abstract

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This article focuses on environmental protection issue networks (EPINs), defined here as networks among domestic and international environmentally concerned actors that seek to protect local environments. EPINs may be important agents in efforts to promote environmentally sustainable development in Latin America, but their effectiveness has varied considerably. The article presents a model for assessing the effectiveness of EPINs based on their strategic capacity, the environmental visibility of the issues with which they deal, and the nature of their opposition targets. The model was inspired by hypotheses generated in comparing three EPINs established to address environmental and social problems created by development projects financed by the World Bank in Brazilian Amazonia between 1981 and 2000.

Type
Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , 2000 , pp. 125 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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I am grateful to Betty Zisk, Jonathan Fox, David Mayers, David Brown, and D. Scott Palmer for their comments and encouragement. Any errors or omissions are my responsibility.

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