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Bujanovics, Borbála (2019)

Political Commitment to the Environment: The Influence of Democracy and Corruption on The Environmental Commitment of the Netherlands and Hungary

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Much research claims that the levels of democracy and corruption together influence ‘Internationalism’, ‘Policy Regulation’ and ‘Participatory Engagement’, which are the main determinants of national commitment to environmental degradation. This thesis, therefore, focuses on how corruption and democracy in the above mentioned three pillars affect the levels of national commitment to air pollution reduction. More specifically, this thesis takes into consideration ‘Internationalism’, ‘Policy Regulation’, and ‘Participatory Engagement’ to reveal the extent of governmental commitment to protecting the environment vis-a-vis air pollution in the form of GHG emissions in the Netherlands and Hungary since the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit.

environment

democracy

corruption

environmental commitment

Author

Bujanovics, Borbála

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Steen, B.S. (Bart) van der

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en