The Animal Question Meets Environmental Policy—Perspectives from Finland

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ID12418552
AuthorsOuti Ratamäki (0000-0002-8204-6111, University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume28
Issue3
Pages252-271
Publication date2019-02-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685306-12341594
OpenAlexW2921072445
LanguageEN
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The welfare and rights of nonhuman animals have become highly politicized issues, and political arguments concerning these topics are bound to collide with opposing views and face problems of legitimacy. This article seeks insights especially by drawing comparisons with environmental policy. This is implemented by showing how the animal question has been connected with different environmentally relevant policy questions in Finland. Analysis is backed up by earlier research literature about the differences between animal and environmental questions. This analysis shows that, in real-life situations, these two policy goals can be molded into various combinations, and the theoretical and sometimes highly polarized debates about the differences between the animal question and environmentalism do not always lead to conflict

Animal rights · Animal welfare · Biology · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Environmentalism · Face (sociological concept · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Environmental Conservation and Management · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Ecology

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