Authoritative work on the complex history of modern Brazilian environmental policy and its relation to both transnational politics and domestic democratization processes.

List of Tables viii
Preface ix
List of Acronyms and Organizations xv
Introduction 1
1. Building Environmental Institutions: National Environmental Politics and Policy 23
2. National Environmental Activism: The Changing Terms of Engagement 63
3. From Protest to Project: The Third Wave of Environmental Activism 97
4. Amazonia 140
5. From Pollution Control to Sustainable Cities 186
Conclusion 223
Appendix: List of Interviews 231
Notes 239
Bibliography 249
Index 273

Kathryn Hochstetler and Margaret E. Keck