Politics and Environmental Law in Neoliberal Times: the case of Hazardous Waste In Córdoba.

The objective of this article is to highlight what is made invisible by the recurring common sense statements that usually reduce environmental problems to failures in the implementation of regulations or, simply, to the absence of environmental policies in Córdoba, Argentina and, even, the Latin Am...

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Main Author: Foa Torres , Jorge
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba. 2019
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/31314
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Summary:The objective of this article is to highlight what is made invisible by the recurring common sense statements that usually reduce environmental problems to failures in the implementation of regulations or, simply, to the absence of environmental policies in Córdoba, Argentina and, even, the Latin American region. To this end, and in the first place, the so-called “neoliberal environmentalism” will be characterized, highlighting certain historical-political conditions for its emergence and rise as the dominant logic in the environmental field. Then we will address the transformations or redefinitions of law in the framework of the predominance of neoliberalism and the most relevant aspects of neoliberal environmental policy in Argentina in recent decades. Finally, and before presenting certain reflections and contributions or proposals to different operators in the environmental field, the case of environmentally sound management policies for hazardous waste in Córdoba will be briefly presented. Date received: April 15, 2019 Acceptance date: October 12, 2019