Elizabeth Bomberg / David Schlosberg (eds.)

Environmentalism in the United States

Changing Conceptions of Activism
Herausgeber: Bomberg, Elizabeth; Schlosberg, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Environmentalism, defined here as activism aimed at protecting the environment or improving its condition, is undergoing significant change in the United States. This book explores the changing patterns of and challenges to environmentalism in the contemporary US. This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415448185
• ISBN-10: 0415448182
• Artikelnr.: 26369672

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Bomberg is Senior Lecturer in Politics and the University of Edinburgh. David Schlosberg is Professor of Political Science at Northern Arizona University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Perspectives on American environmentalism David Schlosberg and
Elizabeth Bomberg 2. Producing political climate change: the hidden life of
US environmentalism Philip Brick and R. McGreggor Cawley 3. Populism,
paternalism and the state of environmentalism in the US John M. Meyer 4.
The environmentalist: 'what is to be done?' William Chaloupka 5. Ecological
modernisation, American style David Schlosberg and Sara Rinfret 6. Living
environmentalisms: coalition politics, social reproduction, and
environmental justice Giovanna Di Chiro 7. Radical environmentalism in an
age of antiterrorism Steve Vanderheiden 8. Failure and opportunity:
environmental groups in US climate change policy Gary Bryner 9. US
environmentalism in comparative perspective Elizabeth Bomberg and David
Schlosberg