Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality
Abstract The Brazilian presidential elections of 2018 brought large-scale changes in the Brazilian environmental policy subsystem. The purpose of this article is to analyze these changes through the lenses of the Advocacy Coalition Framework - ACF. First, we introduced some of the main characteristi...
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| author | Mauro Guilherme Maidana Capelari Suely Mara Vaz Guimarães de Araújo Paulo Carlos Du Pin Calmon Benilson Borinelli |
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| description | Abstract The Brazilian presidential elections of 2018 brought large-scale changes in the Brazilian environmental policy subsystem. The purpose of this article is to analyze these changes through the lenses of the Advocacy Coalition Framework - ACF. First, we introduced some of the main characteristics of this subsystem, then we presented a hemerographic analysis to describe and analyze the effects of four recent shocks in this subsystem. Two of these shocks were external: (i) the election of a new political elite in power that brought a clear discourse of denial of the relevance of environmental policy and (ii) calamitous environmental events that occurred in Brazil in 2019. The other two shocks were internal: (i) the capture of key positions and resources by dominant coalition members and (ii) the rise of conflict and polarization among the coalitions in the subsystem. The results showed: (i) the rise of a hyper-adversarial environmental policy subsystem; (ii) a realignment between non-dominant coalitions in a cooperative direction; (iii) the imposition of clear barriers to negotiation; (iv) changes in the use of scientific information by more politicized discourses with a high degree of bias. The article contributes to the understanding of the processes of institutional change in environmental policy, especially in contexts of large-scale change generated by increasing electoral polarization and fierce political disputes. It also contributes to the analysis of the limits and possibilities of the ACF in the Brazilian environmental agenda. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-621e96439bca432bb64b0cfc25c008eb2022-12-22T04:12:30ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista de Administração Pública0034-76122020-12-015461691171010.1590/0034-761220190445xLarge-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian realityMauro Guilherme Maidana Capelarihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-9909Suely Mara Vaz Guimarães de Araújohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-771XPaulo Carlos Du Pin Calmonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6314-9564Benilson Borinellihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7256-7618Abstract The Brazilian presidential elections of 2018 brought large-scale changes in the Brazilian environmental policy subsystem. The purpose of this article is to analyze these changes through the lenses of the Advocacy Coalition Framework - ACF. First, we introduced some of the main characteristics of this subsystem, then we presented a hemerographic analysis to describe and analyze the effects of four recent shocks in this subsystem. Two of these shocks were external: (i) the election of a new political elite in power that brought a clear discourse of denial of the relevance of environmental policy and (ii) calamitous environmental events that occurred in Brazil in 2019. The other two shocks were internal: (i) the capture of key positions and resources by dominant coalition members and (ii) the rise of conflict and polarization among the coalitions in the subsystem. The results showed: (i) the rise of a hyper-adversarial environmental policy subsystem; (ii) a realignment between non-dominant coalitions in a cooperative direction; (iii) the imposition of clear barriers to negotiation; (iv) changes in the use of scientific information by more politicized discourses with a high degree of bias. The article contributes to the understanding of the processes of institutional change in environmental policy, especially in contexts of large-scale change generated by increasing electoral polarization and fierce political disputes. It also contributes to the analysis of the limits and possibilities of the ACF in the Brazilian environmental agenda.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-76122020000601691&tlng=enenvironmental policypolicy changeadvocacy coalition frameworkBrazilian politics |
| spellingShingle | Mauro Guilherme Maidana Capelari Suely Mara Vaz Guimarães de Araújo Paulo Carlos Du Pin Calmon Benilson Borinelli Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality Revista de Administração Pública environmental policy policy change advocacy coalition framework Brazilian politics |
| title | Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality |
| title_full | Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality |
| title_fullStr | Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality |
| title_short | Large-scale environmental policy change: analysis of the Brazilian reality |
| title_sort | large scale environmental policy change analysis of the brazilian reality |
| topic | environmental policy policy change advocacy coalition framework Brazilian politics |
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