Evaluating Liberalist Approaches in the Face of Global Environmental Problems
Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly
Moslem Sanei
1
,
mashaallah heydarpour
2
,
Davoud Kiyani
3
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Keywords: Liberalism, environment, International, Global Environmental Problems,
Abstract :
Moslem Sanei[1] mashaallah heydarpour[2] Davoud Kiyani[3] Abstract: The development and expansion of industrial civilization, scientism, and the originality of the individual, although it has enabled human to dominate the nature, failed to provide the ideal world of life. The challenges arising from this epistemological methodology and the resulting global environmental dilemmas have raised fundamental questions about such selfish civilizational behavior and unbridled industrial growth. Different theories of international relations have offered different solutions to these questions. According to their ontological and epistemological foundations, liberal approaches also seek to solve global environmental problems. Focusing on global cooperation, peace, the role of nongovernmental actors, international law, institutionalism and international regimes are among the positive points of liberal theories in the face of global environmental problems. On the other hand, the emphasis on individual authenticity and individual freedoms, the priority of economic issues, the neglect of other factors limiting cooperation and the national interests of the great powers, the lack of practical attention to sustainable development, the neglect of levels of regional and regional analysis has been considered as weaknesses of this approach. [1] - PhD student in International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch. [2] - Assistant Professor of International Relations, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch; Corresponding Author [3] - Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran
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