Cleaning Up Their Acts: Shifts of Environment and Energy Policies in Pluralist and Corporatist States |
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| Authors: | Mary M. Matthews |
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| Affiliation: | faculty member in environmental science and policy at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. She recently completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Georgia, where she earned an MA in political science. She also holds a Graduate Studies Certificate in principles of conservation and sustainable development from the University of Georgia Institute of Ecology. |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the abilities of different types of governments to take proactive steps towards reducing pollution. Specifically, the hypothesis that the system of interest group representation on a scale of pluralism to corporatism will affect a state's rate of change to reduce consumption of carbon dense fuels. Using a standardized measure of carbon density of fuels consumed, this work examines industrialized economies over a 13-year time period. The study shows that the Nordic corporatism systems are more capable of shifting to cleaner fuels than pluralist, majoritarian systems. It is asserted that this is a result of the goal-oriented policymaking in corporatist states in comparison to more process-oriented policymaking in pluralist systems. |
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