CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Lesikhina, Nina |
|---|---|
| Title | Why the Global South breaks free from plastic: an experience of the Philippines and Kenya in making policy on single-use plastic bag |
| Summary | Plastic bag pollution problem has become a global issue because of the threats to wildlife, human safety, and economic development. For the last years developing countries, especially from Africa and Asia, have been actively enacting legislation to restrict plastic bags, despite the absence of globally binding agreement. However, the research around the factors contributing to such norm emergence lacks. This research aims to address this gap by investigating how plastic bag regulation has been developed in the countries of the Global South. The research explores the specific case studies of Kenya and the Philippines. Through semi-structured interviews with the main stakeholder groups participating in policymaking, the research identifies the dominant policy narratives. These narratives are analyzed through the aspects of its impact on coalition formation and policy outcomes and compared over the case countries. The results of this research confirm the hypotheses of Narrative Policy Framework and provide some additional insights into the role of social media, international interventions, and education of decision-makers in the development of plastic bag regulation. These findings can be used by practitioners from a public policy at the national and international levels to mitigate social tension around the environmental issues and promote effective environmental legislation. |
| Supervisor | Antypas, Alexios |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/lesikhina_nina.pdf |
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