The ecopolitics of development in the Third World: politics and environment in Brazil

Abstract

A study of the ecological foundations of political systems and a detailed analysis of how a particular Third Word political system, Brazil's, addresses environmental issues, this book explores the institutional and political dimensions of environmental problems in developing countries. The author discusses the theoretical linkage between ecology and political science, presents a unique historical analysis of those linkages in Brazil, and looks at the structure for environmental policy formation and implementation in Brazil through a case study of the Special Secretariat for the Environment. Because Brazil is one of the world's fastest-growing economies, the study of its ecopolitics sheds light on crucial dimensions of the debate over development and the environment. -from Author