ABSTRACT
Both these quotes in their own way point to something important, if not radical, that has recently changed in environmental governance; this change
is neoliberalism. The quotes obviously offer fundamentally different views
on the character of the phenomenon and the role of politics and political
struggle in both advancing and resisting the relationships between democ-
racy, markets, the environment and the state. Yet both Taylor and Garcia recognize the significance of so-called free market reforms, institutionalized
and globalized (i.e. launched across international contexts and more widely
adopted) over the course of recent decades. Moreover, each asserts the cen-
trality of economy and ecology to governance, social change, and politics.
We would agree.
