| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
A pipeline runs through it -- Plains spoken -- Harvesting a rural metanarrative -- Framing a movement -- Níbtháska -- A fight on your hands -- From the grass roots -- Epilogue : After Nebraska |
| Summary |
"Dirt Persuasion examines a watershed moment in U.S. environmental politics: the fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline. The complex interplay of resources extraction industries with grassroots environmentalism and advocacy has transformed the role of activists in the contemporary public sphere. Bold Nebraska's years-long fight against pipeline company TransCanada provides a compelling case study: a contemporary state-level organization that simultaneously challenged political and business leaders in its home state of Nebraska, at the national level in the United States, and in the foreign jurisdiction of Canada. Dirt Persuasion sheds light not only on the activism practices of social movements but also on the changing environments in which such actions are deployed. The KXL Pipeline fight represents a watershed moment not only for U.S. energy politics but also in the communication of environmental activism. The rural dimension of this environmental saga is critical: environmentalism must be understood from the perspective of the rural Americans who coexist with one of the planet's most delicate ecologies. Populism, rhetorical appeals, strategic advocacy framing, and media framing all factor prominently within the pipeline debate-leading to a civic environmental persuasion built on the attributes of narrative, engagement, hyperlocalization, and bipartisanship in order to build broad stakeholder support and influence public policy. "-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Derek Moscato is an associate professor of journalism at Western Washington University |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Keystone XL Project.
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| SUBJECT |
Keystone XL Project fast |
| Subject |
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- United States
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Communication in the environmental sciences.
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Political participation -- Nebraska
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Participation politique -- Nebraska
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Communication en environnement
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Environnementalisme -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
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NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Political participation
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Environmentalism -- Political aspects
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Communication in the environmental sciences
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United States
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Nebraska
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| LC no. |
2021061670 |
| ISBN |
9781496232106 |
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1496232100 |
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9781496232113 |
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1496232119 |
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