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From ‘Green Laggard’ to Regional Leader: Explaining the Recent Development of Environmental Policy in Chile
Author(s) -
MADARIAGA ALDO
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12841
Subject(s) - latin americans , environmental policy , renewable energy , window of opportunity , entrepreneurship , climate change , energy policy , political science , regional policy , economy , economics , regional science , natural resource economics , geography , ecology , electrical engineering , real time computing , computer science , law , biology , engineering
Environmental policy in Chile has developed rapidly in recent years, and the country has become a regional leader in renewable energy, climate change policy, recycling, and nature conservation. This contrasts with the previous neglect of environmental issues in the country and its depiction as a ‘green laggard’ (Orihuela, 2014: 251) within Latin America. In this article the recent development of environmental policy in Chile is reviewed and five factors affecting this development are analysed: international influences, institutional legacies, a window of opportunity opened by environmental movements, policy entrepreneurship, and business power.