Democracy, environmental commitment and quality
With the rapid industrialization in the developing world, natural environments are worsening and become a hot topic under severe concerns. Regime type has long been debated in explaining environment degradation and response policies across countries. Do democracies always perform better than non-dem...
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| author | Wang, Shuo |
| author2 | Lee Chia-yi |
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| description | With the rapid industrialization in the developing world, natural environments are worsening and become a hot topic under severe concerns. Regime type has long been debated in explaining environment degradation and response policies across countries. Do democracies always perform better than non-democracies on issues of environment? Although previous literatures offer plenty of explanations, few empirical studies could support their theories. To provide quantitative evidence, based on global datasets this paper conducts regression and logistic models to examine democracy's impacts on environmental quality and commitment respectively. The empirical analysis basically supports the view that democracy positively promotes environmental performance. Moreover, although some environmental problems still exist, a case study indicates that democratization indeed makes a significant difference in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/698312020-11-01T08:31:30Z Democracy, environmental commitment and quality Wang, Shuo Lee Chia-yi S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science With the rapid industrialization in the developing world, natural environments are worsening and become a hot topic under severe concerns. Regime type has long been debated in explaining environment degradation and response policies across countries. Do democracies always perform better than non-democracies on issues of environment? Although previous literatures offer plenty of explanations, few empirical studies could support their theories. To provide quantitative evidence, based on global datasets this paper conducts regression and logistic models to examine democracy's impacts on environmental quality and commitment respectively. The empirical analysis basically supports the view that democracy positively promotes environmental performance. Moreover, although some environmental problems still exist, a case study indicates that democratization indeed makes a significant difference in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Master of Science (International Political Economy) 2017-03-29T07:00:04Z 2017-03-29T07:00:04Z 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69831 en 42 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Democracy, environmental commitment and quality |
| title_full | Democracy, environmental commitment and quality |
| title_fullStr | Democracy, environmental commitment and quality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democracy, environmental commitment and quality |
| title_short | Democracy, environmental commitment and quality |
| title_sort | democracy environmental commitment and quality |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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