FROM GREEN PROMISES TO POLITICS AS USUAL: THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY, THE COALITION AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2005-2013

Year 2014, Volume: 22 Issue: 2, 1 - 24, 29.12.2014

James Connelly

https://doi.org/10.29228/mjes.83

Abstract

Bu çalışma İngiliz Muhafazakâr partisi içerisindeki gidişatın durumunu ve çevre konusundaki taaddütlerini, Mayıs 2010 seçimlerinden sonra kurulan Muhafazakâr/Demokrat koalisyonu öncesindeki ve sonraki dönemde incelemektedir. Çalışmanın ilk bölümü David Cameron liderliğindeki İngiliz Muhafazakâr Partisi’nin çevre politikalarını 2005 döneminden 2010 genel çevresel taaddütlerinin Mayıs 2010’da kurulan Muhafazakâr/Liberal Demokrat koalisyonunun sonrasında nasıl pratiğe dönüştürdüğünü incelemektedir. Üçüncü kısım birinci ve ikinci kısımda anlatılanları birleştirerek koalisyonun İngiltere’deki havaalanlarının genişlemesine karşı olan tutumunu ‘olağan politika’ kavramı üzerinden göstermektedir.  seçimlerine kadar olan dönem içerisinde ele almaktadır. İkinci bölüm Cameron’ın çevresel taaddütlerinin Mayıs 2010’da kurulan Muhafazakâr/Liberal Demokrat koalisyonunun sonrasında nasıl pratiğe dönüştürdüğünü incelemektedir. Üçüncü kısım birinci ve ikinci kısımda anlatılanları birleştirerek koalisyonun İngiltere’deki havaalanlarının genişlemesine karşı olan tutumunu ‘olağan politika’ kavramı üzerinden göstermektedir.

Keywords

Çevre, Muhafazakâr Parti, Liberal Demokrat Parti, Birleşik Krallık

FROM GREEN PROMISES TO POLITICS AS USUAL: THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY, THE COALITION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

This paper examines the trajectory of attitudes and policy commitments on the environment within the British Conservative prior to and following the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition formed after the election held in May 2010. The first part addresses the environmental policy of the British Conservative Party under the leadership of David Cameron from 2005 to the general election in 2010. The second examines how Cameron’s environmental commitments were translated into practice following the formation of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition in May 2010. The third part characterises and employs the idea of ‘politics as usual’ to describe the forces directed against strong environmental policies and draws together the themes of the first two parts through a consideration of the Coalition’s attitude to airport expansion in the UK

Keywords

Environment, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrat Party, United Kingdom

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