ISBN:
9781138543287
,
9781351007061
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 239 Seiten
,
Diagramme, Karten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge environmental humanities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Environmentalism under authoritarian regimes
DDC:
333.7
Keywords:
Environmentalism Political aspects
;
Authoritarianism
;
Autoritärer Staat
;
Umweltschutz
;
Umweltpolitik
;
Geschichte 1800-2019
Abstract:
Reforestation of waste lands and "environmental statehood" in nineteenth century Prussia / Jawad Daheur -- Red and green all over: counterinsurgency and conservation in the jungles of Cold War Guatemala / Tony Andersson -- Hydroelectric dams and the rise of environmentalism under dictatorship in Brazil and Paraguay (1950-1990): the case of Itaipu / Nathalia Capellini Carvalho de Oliveira and Carlos Gomez Florentin -- Crafting authoritarian atmospheres under Pinochet's dictatorship / Leonardo Valenzuela Pérez -- Bark beetles and ultra-right nationalist outbreaks: Bialowieza, Poland / Eunice Blavascunas and Agata Agnieszka Konczal -- Planned environment in a socialist dictatorship: complex water management and soil improvement in Moravia / Jirí Janác -- Slovakiaś economic and political development in the communist regime of the post 1948 Czechoslovakia and its environmental context / Ludovít Hallon and Miroslav Sabol -- Retention of sulfur dioxide emission in the GDR: between technology, economics, diplomacy and public opinion / Michel Dupuy -- Sino-silviculture: state-sponsored green forestry initiatives in Mao's China / Christopher Ree -- Zimbabwe's drift toward authoritarianism and its environmental consequences, 2000-2017 / Mucha Musemwa -- Conclusions and perspectives / Richard Tucker.
Abstract:
"Since the early 2000s, authoritarianism has risen as an increasingly powerful global phenomenon. This shift has not only social and political implications, but environmental implications too: authoritarian leaders seek to recast the relationship between society and the government in every aspect of public life, including environmental policy. When historians of technology or the environment have investigated the environmental consequences of authoritarian regimes, they have frequently argued that authoritarian regimes have been unable to produce positive environmental results or adjust successfully to global structural change, if they have shown any concern for the environment at all. Put another way, the scholarly consensus holds that authoritarian regimes on both the left and the right generally have demonstrated an anti-environmentalist bias, and when opposed by environmentalist social movements, have succeeded in silencing those voices. This book explores the theme of environmental politics and authoritarian regimes on both the right and the left. The authors argue that in instances when environmentalist policies offer the possibility of bolstering a country's domestic (nationalist) appeal or its international prestige, authoritarian regimes can endorse and have endorsed environmental protective measures. The collection of essays analyse environmentalist initiatives pursued by authoritarian regimes, and provide explanations for both the successes and failures of such regimes. Looking at a range of case studies from a number of countries, including Brazil, China, Poland and Zimbabwe"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
