POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, Anti-Globalization Movement, Economic Liberalism
16 Apr 2013
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*prof wants to finish some of her comments from last week then will go over study guide* Last week we spoke about social movements. 1) pure economic liberal view on the environment. Which would really be: if you want the advantages of industrialization, there will be costs and they are costs that really impact on the environment. It would tell us not to get in the way of industries that pollute, rather let them reach a point of profitability then they"ll start investing their profits into things like research and development on anti-pollution technologies. Allow them to begin to reduce their environmental footprint primarily by allowing them to become as profitable as possible and trust that they will begin to invest in creating environmental technologies. 2) liberal pluralism (liberal view we spoke more about in first term) Doesn"t trust that economic actors seeking profitability can by themselves be guaranteed to reinvest their profits into the environment.
