How institutions and beliefs affect environmental discourse: Evidence from an eight-country survey on REDD+

susan's picture

This paper investigates the adoption of discourses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) across different national contexts. It draws on institutional theories to develop and test a number of hypotheses on the role of shared beliefs and politico-economic institutions in determining the discursive choices of policy actors. The results show that win–win ecological modernization discourse, embraced by powerful government agencies and international actors, dominates national REDD+ policy arenas.

Name of the Journal: 
Main Topic: 
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
External URL: 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378016301698
Email Alert: 
133-150
45
Publication Date: 
01/07/2017