Freedom and the Environment

Issue Date July 1995
Volume 6
Issue 3
Page Numbers 41-55
file Print
arrow-down-thin Download from Project MUSE
external View Citation

Read the full essay here.

About the Author

Rodger A. Payne is assistant professor of political science at the University of Louisville. He is director of the Grawemeyer Award in Ideas Improving World Order and a past recipient of a Social Science Research Council–MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in International Peace and Security.

View all work by Rodger A. Payne

Further Reading

Volume 33, Issue 4

Debate: Why Democracies Survive

Democracies are under stress, but they are not about to buckle. The erosion of norms and other woes do not spell democratic collapse. With incredibly few exceptions, affluent democracies will…

Volume 20, Issue 4

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy (II): East-Central Europe’s Quandary

The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been struggling to devise approaches to political economy that can bring stability, prosperity, and a measure of equality in a world dominated…

Volume 11, Issue 4

Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Dimensions of Development

Such a comparison clearly shows a higher prevalence of democracy in Latin America and a better economic performance in East Asia. The two regions are likely to converge on both…