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Environmental Justice in Mexico: A Narrative Analysis of López Obrador's political agenda, action and rhetoric

Monsivais Garcia, Diego LU (2019) STVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
On July 2018, for the first time in modern Mexican history, a leftist candidate won the presidential elections in Mexico. With large promises on the eradication of corruption and ending social injustice, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party secured both the presidency and both chambers of the Mexican Congress. This paper inquires into to what extent a president belonging to the political left, who won the elections in a country with a political elite which has constantly been accused of corruption and of systematically favouring the rich at the expense of the poor, is able to channel political action towards environmental justice. In order to give an answer to this question, I carry out a narrative analysis of López Obrador’s... (More)
On July 2018, for the first time in modern Mexican history, a leftist candidate won the presidential elections in Mexico. With large promises on the eradication of corruption and ending social injustice, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party secured both the presidency and both chambers of the Mexican Congress. This paper inquires into to what extent a president belonging to the political left, who won the elections in a country with a political elite which has constantly been accused of corruption and of systematically favouring the rich at the expense of the poor, is able to channel political action towards environmental justice. In order to give an answer to this question, I carry out a narrative analysis of López Obrador’s political agenda, action and rhetoric. I argue that an understanding of environmental justice based on distribution, recognition, participation and capabilities is necessary in the pursuit for social justice. Indeed, environmental and social justice might be two sides of the same coin. (Less)
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author
Monsivais Garcia, Diego LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Environment, Mexico, López Obrador, AMLO, Narrative
language
English
id
8975959
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:58:26
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2019-09-06 09:58:26
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  abstract     = {{On July 2018, for the first time in modern Mexican history, a leftist candidate won the presidential elections in Mexico. With large promises on the eradication of corruption and ending social injustice, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party secured both the presidency and both chambers of the Mexican Congress. This paper inquires into to what extent a president belonging to the political left, who won the elections in a country with a political elite which has constantly been accused of corruption and of systematically favouring the rich at the expense of the poor, is able to channel political action towards environmental justice. In order to give an answer to this question, I carry out a narrative analysis of López Obrador’s political agenda, action and rhetoric. I argue that an understanding of environmental justice based on distribution, recognition, participation and capabilities is necessary in the pursuit for social justice. Indeed, environmental and social justice might be two sides of the same coin.}},
  author       = {{Monsivais Garcia, Diego}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Environmental Justice in Mexico: A Narrative Analysis of López Obrador's political agenda, action and rhetoric}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}