Del gobierno a la gobernanza: la experiencia de la cuestión ambiental en la franja México-Estados Unidos
- Autores: Ricardo V. Santes Álvarez
- Directores de la Tesis: Mercedes Pardo Buendía (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ( España ) en 2008
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Constanza Tobío Soler (presid.), Antonio Natera Peral (secret.), Ernest García García (voc.), José Ignacio Elorrieta Pérez de Diego (voc.), Roger Johnston (voc.)
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THIS THESIS EXAMINES THE ISSUE OF GOVERNING THE MEXICO-UNITED STATES BORDER, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE SO-CALLED 'ENVIROMENTAL AFFAIR'. IN ITS TRANSIT FROM CONVENTIONAL GOVERNMENT TO SUPERIOR SATGES, GOVERNANCE ACQUIRES A MORE DEBATABLE POSITION FOR IT HAS TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY A PLURALITY OF ACTORS, BUT ALSO TOPICS THAT ARE MORE DIVERSE OR EITHER POLITICAL, SOCIAL, OR ENVIROMENTAL GROUNDS; THEREFORE, THE POSSIBILITY OF CONFLICT AMONG ACTORS INCREASES.
CO-RESPONSIBILITY BECOMES CRUCIAL IN THE STUDY OF GOVERNANCE, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN TWO BROAD SETS OF ACTORS - THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNED. SUCH AN APPROACH TO ISSUES IS A PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTION OF THIS THESIS.
ASSESSMENT OF CO-RESPONSIBILITY IN ENVIROMENTAL GOVERNANCE OF A COMPLEX SCENARIO SUCH AS THE BORDER IS PERFORMED BY MEANS OF A METHODOLOGY THAT ENCOMPASSES QUALITATIVES AND QUATITATIVE PATHS, AND RELIES ON THREE CASE STUDIES. RESULTS SHOW THAT GOVERNANCE EVOLVES INCONSISTENTLY, SHIFTING FROM CONVENTIONAL TO MODERATE STYLES. IN THE END, GOVERNANCE MIRROR INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES, POLITICAL CULTURE AND ASSYMMETRY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT GOOD GOVERNANCE IS YET A DISTANT GOAL IN THE BORDER. NEVERTHELESS, IT SEEMS TO EXIST HOPE FOR ENVIROMENTAL GOVERNANCE DUE TO INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, AND RELATIVE INCREASE IN SOCIAL AWARENESS.
