POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS AMBIENTAIS: justiça global e política local

Abstract

Faced the magnitude of environmental challenges in modern society, comes across the necessity of public polices for environmental development, from the perspective of global justice and local politics, so that could be made effectived an expansion and/or a change in overall perceptions about social organizations. Before the paradigmatic mechanic change for ecological, it is necessary to open to a systemic view, so that could be perceived the world as an integrated whole. In this sense, this article approached about the public policies for environmental development, by means of an analysis from the principle of intergenerational solidarity as a matter of social justice. Environmental issues were dealt with in a contextual way so that would be evaluated the relationship and interactions between man and nature as well as the effectiveness of environmental Law and the effectiveness of public policies in this area. Was applied the deductive method approach, the method monographic procedure and base theory based on Rawls. Essential, therefore, the implementation of public policies attentive to the emerging new ecological vision in modern society, in order to demonstrate that intergenerational responsibility is a criterion for achieving social justice.

Keywords

• environmental development
• global justice
• local policy
• public policies