A Dualidade do Estado no Contexto Neoliberal e as Políticas Ambientais.

The objective of this article is to analyze the duality of the State in the neoliberal context when executing environmental policies. The methodology was based on bibliographical research with a qualitative approach. The results of the research indicated that the Federal Constitution of 1988 innovates when it advocates a democratic State of law to guarantee the well-being of citizens in the defense and preservation of the environment. However, the action of the State in stimulating economic growth in different forms inevitably produces a diversity of negative environmental impacts that are transferred to society as a whole, generating poverty, inequality, social exclusion, restrictions and setbacks to the principles of citizenship, privatization of the social and natural public patrimony, and the expansion of environmental externalities. On the other hand, it is up to this same State to regulate, control and manage the environment as a guarantee of the very reproduction of the economic, political and social systems. Moreover, it has to manage conflicts of interest between competing groups and respond to the demands of social movements as a task of legitimizing the constituted order. By way of conclusion, we emphasize that even in the face of this dual character of intervention, the State presents itself as strongly serving particular interests, evidencing, at times, its commitment and subordination to the dominant class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]