The Politics of Sustainable Development
Native Forest Policy in Chile, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3355163 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eduardo Silva (0000-0002-2400-9259, University of Missouri–St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 457-493 |
| Publication date | 1997-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x97004756 |
| OpenAlex | W2103923004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
This paper argues that the construction of two opposing ideal types of sustainable development – market-friendly and grassroots development – serves as a useful analytical tool for understanding political conflict over environmentally sensitive policy for the native, or autochthonous, forest sector. Explaining the degree to which a country has mostly market-oriented forest policy or whether it also includes significant elements of the grassroots approach requires an examination of when and how four broad factors affect outcomes: ideas, state institutions, social groups and international conditions. Paired comparisons show that cohesive teams of experts in lead ministries may define legislation and decrees proposed by the executive branch, but whether they become law depends on other factors. These are, in the first instance, the capacity of social groups to forge larger socio-political alliances, and secondly, the presence or absence of direct external intervention in the policy process. Such political dynamics also affect the degrees to which future policy begins to resolve the tension between the two approaches to the sustainable development of forests in Latin America
Affect (linguistics) · Business · Economic system · Economics · Grassroots · Intervention (counseling) · Latin Americans · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainable development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
Private development-based forest conservation in Patagonia
Selling Sustainable Development and Shortchanging Social Ecology in Costa Rican Forest Policy
Mainstreaming fisheries into Latin American development strategies
State Policies and the Preservation of Forest Cover
Campesinos and Mexican Forest Policy During the Twentieth Century
How to Manage a Forest
Afterword
Neoliberalism and the Environment in Latin America
Dossier « Politiques du changement global. Expertises, enjeux d’échelles et frontières de l’action publique environnementale » - Du national à l’international
Neoliberal reform and sustainable forest management in Quintana Roo, Mexico
A bibliometric analysis of research on forest policy in Mexico
Of Catholicism, Forest and Management
Neoliberalism is dead, long live neoliberalism? Neostructuralism and the international aid regime of the 2000s
Actor-centred power
Institutional conflict and forest policy effectiveness
Neo-liberalism and its impact on overfishing and overcapitalisation in the marine fisheries of Chile, Mexico and Peru
The New Economic Model and Marine Fisheries Development in Latin America
Conservation-with-Development Models in Brazil's Agro-Pastoral Landscapes
The Political Economy of Forest Policy in Mexico and Chile
Civil Society Participation in the Decentralisation of Brazil's Water Resources
Conservation Narratives in Costa Rica
Understanding linkages between ecosystem service payments, forest plantations, and export agriculture
Environmental policy reform on north-eastern Brazil’s agricultural frontier
Indigenous community awareness and rights to forest in Kawang Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
The Politics of Environment and Development
A ‘Legislation-Check’ based on ‘3-D Sustainability’ – Addressing global precautionary land governance
State Developmentalism without a Developmental State
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,96 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2025 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |