Abstract

FIGUEROA, Lucas Martín. Process of formation and use of strategies of the state-society coalitions in the treatment of two projects of environmental laws in Argentina (native forests and wetlands). Rev. Urug. Cienc. Polít. [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.2, pp.7-32.  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 0797-9789.  https://doi.org/10.26851/rucp.29.2.1.

In commodity booms, the processes of formulation of the national environmental laws produce controversial debates among diverse social and state actors who confronts to impose their visions and interests in the laws. As results of the confrontation, the projects of environmental laws are approved or rejected. Apply a comparative analysis in two environmental areas (native forests and wetlands) that have initial similar conditions, like economic pressure, this article asks: why process with similar characteristics produce different results? Based on the literature about public policy formulation and state-society coalitions, I argue that the sanction of a national environmental regulation is the product of the implementation of two joint strategies deployed by the protectionist coalition throughout the process: the institutional strategy and the public opinion strategy.

Keywords : public opinion strategy; institutional strategy; state-society coalitions; environmental policies; native forests; wetlands.

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