Bohmelt, Tobias and Koubi, Vally and Bernauer, Thomas (2023) Why populism may facilitate non-state actors’ access to international environmental institutions. Environmental Politics, 32 (3). pp. 511-531. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2105055
Bohmelt, Tobias and Koubi, Vally and Bernauer, Thomas (2023) Why populism may facilitate non-state actors’ access to international environmental institutions. Environmental Politics, 32 (3). pp. 511-531. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2105055
Bohmelt, Tobias and Koubi, Vally and Bernauer, Thomas (2023) Why populism may facilitate non-state actors’ access to international environmental institutions. Environmental Politics, 32 (3). pp. 511-531. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2105055
Abstract
This article examines populists’ relationship with non-state actors in international environmental agreements (IEAs). We ask whether populist governments favor transnational non-state actors’ access to these institutions. Using data on the design of IEAs since the 1970s, evidence is reported suggesting that populists seek to institutionalize non-state actors’ access to IEAs. To explain this relationship, we argue that populist governments likely want to reduce and undermine the influence of established elites, also in international institutions. To this end, they may want to institutionalize access of their own constituents within IEAs. The empirical implication of this claim is that institutionalized access of non-state actors in IEAs is more likely when populist governments are involved. The empirical results provide strong and robust support for our argument, and these findings contribute to our knowledge in a number of areas of environmental politics and political science in general.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Populism; international environmental agreements; treaty design; Non-State actors |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 16:34 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:24 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33242 |
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