Environmentalist Political Communication: Nation-Branding and Political Socialization Through Environmentalism

Abstract

Individual, social, and technological developments in the twenty-first century have affected social practices. Environmental issues have become vital in public and political arenas and transformed them (Hansen & Cox, 2015). The transformation of these social practices shaped social rules and institutions and the methods of political institutions and regulations. For example, The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) coordinated by Yale University’s Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy in collaboration with Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network, provides an annual data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world (Environmental Performance Index, 2020).