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1. Global Private Regulation Amid Local Public Disarray: Private Environmental Regulation in Argentina and Brazil.

Author

Espach, Ralph

Subjects
*ENVIRONMENTAL regulations, *SOCIAL advocacy, *PRESSURE groups, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *BUSINESS enterprises & the environment
Abstract

This article outlines findings from a study of two prominent global private environment regulatory programs in Argentina and Brazil from 1992 to 2004. It explores whether some types of programs, supported by different sets of actors, are more likely than others to be effective across different national contexts. Findings suggest that program advocacy on the part of transnational corporations is less consistent than it is often claimed to be and that governments have little influence on these initiatives.

Published
2005

2. The environmental story that wasn't: advocacy, journalism and the asambleísmo movement in Argentina.

Author

Waisbord, Silvio and Peruzzotti, Enrique

Subjects
*JOURNALISM, *SOCIAL movements, *ENVIRONMENTAL economics, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *PAPER mills
Abstract

This article analyzes how news management strategies coupled with journalistic conventions affect news coverage of the Asamblea Ciudadana Ambiental de Gualeguaychú in Argentina, a social movement against the establishment of two paper mill plants on the Rio Uruguay. Since 2003, the Asamblea has received wide attention in local and national news. Media advocacy has been central to the Asamblea's political goals. This case offers an opportunity to examine the role of the news media in the definition of environmental risk in a country with weak environmental policies and a weak tradition of environmental reporting. News coverage of the Asamblea confirms the media's penchant for sensational and dramatic events. Also, it suggests that the mainstream media does not necessarily portray social movements negatively. Because the media largely relies on official sources in setting news frames, shifting views about the movement among political elites on news events take attention away from structural processes and environmental policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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