Identifier

27

Darcy Sharp

Date

2014

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

Political Science

Committee Chair

Matthias Kaelberer

Committee Member

Nicole Detraz

Abstract

This thesis examines the two main styles of environmental policies governments implement globally: protective and exploitive. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of both policies as well as projects their popularity in upcoming years through analyzing the individual policies, the national implementation methods, and the international community's reception. This paper is narrowing the focus to the case studies of Bolivia and Brazil, which represent these divergent approaches. Bolivia, the first country in the world to grant the Earth its own legal rights, constitutes perhaps the best example of the protective style, and Brazil, which continues to exploit the scarce natural resources of the Earth in a bid to improve its economy, defines the exploitive environmental approach. Both states are attempting to improve their citizens' lives, yet they reflect this stark policy contrast, enabling for a more effective evaluation of the environmental policy styles in an applied setting.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

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