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Author Gardner, Morgan

Title Linking Activism : Ecology, Social Justice, and Education for Social Change
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Series New Approaches in Sociology
New approaches in sociology.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Envisioning Linking Activism: Agency and Self in the Creation of Ecologically Healthy and Socially Just Communities; Part One: Linking Environmental Protection and Social Justice: Issues of Theory and Discourse; Chapter Two We are not only in it Together, We are also in it Differently: Ecological Burden and Social Location; Chapter Three Recounting Complex Stories: Limits and Possiblilities of Narrative Frames
Chapter Four The Linking Activist as Linking Messenger: Challenges to the Communication of Social Justice-Ecological ConnectionsPart Two: Exploring Forms of Linking Activist Practice; Chapter Five Living Democracy through Linking Activism: Fighting for Living Democracy through Linking Activism: Fighting for the Rights of Information and Participation in Government Environmental Decisions; Chapter Six Linking Activisim as a Catalyst for Organizational Change: The Challenge and Promise of Enviromental Organizations
Chapter Seven Constituency-Oriented Linking Activism: Voicing Environmental Concerns from the Realities of Socially Marginalized ConstituenciesChapter Eight Common Cause Linking Activism: Building Alliances between Environmental and Social Justice Sectors; Part Three: Linking Activism: Capacities, Approaches, and Skills; Chapter Nine The Journey: Bearing Witness, Questioning, Reflecting Critically and Holistically, and Demythologizing; Chapter Ten More on the Journey: Translation, Trust Building, Hope, and Emergence; Chapter Eleven The Unending Journey; Notes; References; Index
Summary This book, a unique examination of the activist striving to work for more holistic social change, creates a conceptual framework to give visibility to the complexity of activist practice that spans environmental and social justice concerns
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Subject Social values.
Social action.
Environmental justice.
Social justice.
Collective behavior.
Social Values
Social Justice
Mass Behavior
Collective behavior
Environmental justice
Social action
Social justice
Social values
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135923815
1135923817