| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Comparative politics |
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Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
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| Contents |
The transformation of environmental activism : an introduction / Christopher Rootes -- Britain / Christopher Rootes -- France / Olivier Fillieule -- Germany / Dieter Rucht and Jochen Roose -- Greece / Maria Kousis -- Italy / Mario Diani and Francesca Forno -- Spain / Manuel Jiménez -- The Basque country / Iñaki Barcena [and others] -- Sweden / Andrew Jamison and Magnus Ring -- Conclusion : Environmental protest transformed? / Christopher Rootes -- Appendix A : The methodology of protest event analysis and the media politics of reporting environmental protest events / Olivier Fillieule and Manuel Jiménez -- Appendix B. The TEA (Transformation of Environmental Activism) Project |
| Summary |
"The rise of environmentalism has been one of the more remarkable developments in the politics of western societies in recent decades. However, as environmental awareness has become more generalized, the forms of expression of environmental concern have changed. Established environmental movement organizations have become embedded in policy networks, but, in some countries, there has been a resurgence of environmental radicalism. New groups, adopting innovative tactics, have mounted spectacular and disruptive protests. These developments pose interesting questions for social scientists and policy-makers. Has the institutionalization of established environmental organizations demobilized their supporters and reduced them to a passive, credit-card waving 'conscience' constituency? Has direct participation in environmental protest become the specialized activity of smaller numbers of people? Has there been a decline in the total volume of environmental protest, or is it merely that the forms of protest have changed? Have the protest repertoires of established groups moderated over time, or have they been stimulated by the emergence of more radical groups to adopt more challenging tactics? Has environmental protest become more confrontational? Do protests employ different repertoires of action according to the issues at stake? How does the incidence of protest vary over time and from one country to another? Is there evidence of a Europeanization of either the issues or the forms of environmental protest?"--Book cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-301) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Green movement -- Europe
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Green movement
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rootes, Chris, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780191530838 |
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0191530832 |
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9780191601064 |
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0191601063 |
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