Sociology
International nongovernmental organizations and carbon dioxide emissions in the developing world: A quantitative, cross-national analysis
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This quantitative, cross-national study is designed to test hypotheses linking the activities of international nongovernmental organizations to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions in the developing world. While many quantitative studies of variation in carbon dioxide emissions have been published, none have included a control for the presence of international nongovernmental organizations. We review the literature that discusses the many ways that international nongovernmental organizations work to reduce environmental degradation in developing nations. We then conduct a panel regression analysis in which we include a variable to estimate the effects of international nongovernmental organizations on carbon dioxide emissions while including variables suggested by other relevant theoretical perspectives. Our findings are quite clear in that nations with high levels of international nongovernmental organization presence have lower levels of carbon dioxide emissions than nations with low levels of international nongovernmental organization presence. We also find support for the ecological modernization hypothesis pertaining to the existence of an environmental Kuznet's curve between the level of economic development and level of carbon dioxide emissions.
Publication Title
Sociological Inquiry
Publication Date
11-2004
Volume
74
Issue
4
First Page
520
Last Page
545
ISSN
0038-0245
DOI
10.1111/j.1475-682X.2004.00103.x
Keywords
climate change, carbon dioxide, environmental sociology
Repository Citation
Shandra, John M.; London, Bruce; Whooley, Owen P.; and Williamson, John B., "International nongovernmental organizations and carbon dioxide emissions in the developing world: A quantitative, cross-national analysis" (2004). Sociology. 76.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_sociology/76