Doctoral Dissertation Research: Civil Society and Environmental Governance in Brazil

博士论文研究：巴西的公民社会与环境治理

• 批准号: 1128420
• 负责人: Leah VanWey
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1128420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Civil; Society

SES - 1128420Leah VanWey (PI)Peter Klein (co-PI)Brown UniversityDoctoral Dissertation Research: Civil Society and Environmental Governance in BrazilAbstractThis project investigates how small cities balance global environmental concerns with local needs for economic growth. It seeks to answer three main questions: 1) What are the differences in the ways federal governments and local governments talk about environmental problems and sustainable development solutions? 2) How are programs developed by international non-governmental organizations that seek to foster sustainable development adopted or transformed at the local level? 3) What role does participatory democracy on environmental issues play in shaping the success of such sustainable development programs? The Brazilian Amazon is one of the most critical places to examine this issue due to the adverse impacts deforestation can have on climate change as well as the subsequent consequences of global warming on the rich biodiversity of the area. Thus, this project investigates timely and politically sensitive issue in an empirically useful location. The study employs an explicitly comparative approach and involves ethnographic fieldwork in a mid-size city in the Brazilian Amazon, as well as in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. Broader ImpactsAddressing global environmental degradation as well as economic development needs simultaneously has emerged as perhaps the most pressing challenge for the 21st century. Research on the local implementation of transnational sustainable development initiatives can inform policy makers and may provide insights useful to local, state, and transnational entities interested in developing effective and efficient policies. In addition, the international fieldwork component will help enhance collaboration between academic institutions across national and disciplinary boundaries.

SES -1128420LEAH VANWEY（PI）PETER KLEIN（CO -PI）BROWN UNIVERACTION DOCTORLAL DISCORTARITARTION研究：巴西比氏学项目的民间社会和环境治理调查小城市如何平衡全球环境的关注与当地对经济增长的需求。它试图回答三个主要问题：1）联邦政府和地方政府谈论环境问题和可持续发展解决方案的方式有什么区别？ 2）国际非政府组织如何制定计划，以促进在地方一级采用或转变的可持续发展？ 3）参与式民主在塑造这种可持续发展计划的成功方面发挥了什么作用？ 巴西亚马逊是检查此问题的最关键场所之一，因为森林砍伐对气候变化的不利影响以及随后全球变暖对该地区丰富生物多样性的后果。因此，该项目在经验上有用的位置调查了及时且政治上敏感的问题。 该研究采用了明确的比较方法，涉及巴西亚马逊中期中型城市以及巴西首都巴西利亚的中等大小的田野调查。同时出现了更广泛的影响全球环境下降以及经济发展需求，也许是21世纪最紧迫的挑战。 关于本地实施跨国可持续发展计划的研究可以为政策制定者提供信息，并可能提供对有效制定有效和有效政策感兴趣的地方，州和跨国实体有用的见解。此外，国际现场工作组成部分将有助于增强国家和纪律界限之间的学术机构之间的合作。