Environmental Aspects of the New Deal of US President Franklin Roosevelt

• Authors: T. Perga

Title variants

UK

ЕКОЛОГІЧНІ АСПЕКТИ «НОВОГО КУРСУ» ПРЕЗИДЕНТА США ФРАНКЛІНА РУЗВЕЛЬТА

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The global economic crisis, which began in 1929, became one of the strongest in the 20th century and most of all, the crisis struck the USA. To overcome its consequences, USA President Franklin Roosevelt has launched large-scale reforms that are known in the history as the New Deal. An important part of this anti-crisis program was the improvement of the environment of the USA. In modern scientific discourse, there are different points of view regarding the motivation of these measures. In the article it is proved that President F. Roosevelt has not only pragmatic goals of creating additional jobs and reducing by thus the social tension in American society. Taking into account the aggravation of environmental problems, for the first time in the history of the USA, their solution was combined with the stimulation of economic growth. Innovative environmental projects (Tennessee Valley Administration, Public Conservation Corps) not only contributed to improving the USA environment, but also laid the foundation of integrated management of natural resources and created the basis for the development of a broad ecological movement after the World War II.

UK

Світова економічна криза, яка розпочалась у 1929 р., стала однією з наймасштабніших у ХХ ст. і найдужче вона вразила США. Для подолання її наслідків президент США Франклін Рузвельт розпочав масштабні реформи, що увійшли в історію під назвою «Нового курсу». Важливою складовою цієї антикризової програми стало проведення заходів з покращення стану довкілля США. У сучасному науковому дискурсі існують різні погляди щодо мотивації цих заходів. У статті доведено, що президент Ф. Рузвельт мав не лише прагматичні цілі створити додаткові робочі місця і зменшити таким чином соціальну напругу в американському суспільстві. Беручи до уваги загострення екологічних проблем, уперше в історії США було поєднано їх розв’язання зі стимулюванням економічного зростання. Новаторські екологічні проекти (Адміністрація розвитку долини річки Теннесcі, Громадський корпус з консервації) не лише сприяли покращенню навколишнього середовища країни, а й заклали підвалини інтегрованого управління природними ресурсами у США і створили основу для розвитку широкого екологічного руху після Другої світової війни.

Keywords

EN

USA, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Great Depression, CCC, AAA, Tennessee, environment; USA, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Great Depression, CCC, AAA, Tennessee, environment

UK

США, Франклін Рузвельт, «Новий курс», Велика депресія, ССС, ААА, Теннесcі, довкілля

• Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Institute of World History
• Journal: Проблеми всесвітньої історії
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 104-117

Dates

published

2018-10-30

Contributors

author

T. Perga

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