And, unless I'm mistaken, it didn't help with East-West relations, either -- the Soveit bloc countries refused to attend (I think because the GDR wasn't invited).
Kind regards, Paul -- P.G. Harris Hong Kong Institute of Education www.ied.edu.hk/links/paul.g.harris ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Steinberg [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: [gep-ed] Re: Lead countries behind the Stockhol conference As a slight aside, while Stockholm is often cast as a watershed event in international environmental policy, I would add a proviso. This may have been true regarding industrialized countries and international institutions, but it did not seem to have much impact in the developing world, which is to say most of the world. (This may be different for India and perhaps China, but others would have more insight there.) In Costa Rica, which had an active environmental movement in the 70s, none of the early reformers can recall who attended the Stockholm Conference. OPEC and the New International Economic Order had a larger impact on the way that leaders think about natural resource policy. In contrast, Rio '92 was extremely important throughout Latin America as focusing event for domestic social movements and policy initiatives. Paul -- Paul F. Steinberg Associate Professor of Political Science & Environmental Policy http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts 301 East Platt Boulevard Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711 tel. 909-607-3840 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
