O'Brien, Thomas Anthony orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-736X (2009) A Long, Brown Shadow? The Impact of Non-Democratic Legacies on the Environment in Portugal and Bulgaria. Perspectives on European Politics and Society. pp. 308-325. ISSN 2374-5126
Abstract
Legacies of non-democratic rule influence and direct many decisions and actions within democratising political systems as institutions, procedures and policies are reformed. This article is concerned with the effect of legacies on environmental politics in democratising states. Democratic political systems are better equipped to address environmental concerns than their non-democratic counterparts; democratisation is therefore expected to lead to improvements. To assess the effect of non-democratic legacies the cases of Portugal and Bulgaria have been selected, as they experienced different forms of non-democratic rule, identifying general outcomes. The results indicate that democratisation does lead to improvements in environmental politics, with the extent and course of change being mediated by the legacy of the preceding political system.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2009 Taylor & Francis. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Environment,Administrative Structures,Democratisation,Non-democratic Legacies,Portugal,Bulgaria |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2021 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 00:17 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850903105728 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/15705850903105728 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172794 |