Stephen Milder

Greening Democracy

The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1968-1983

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals how concerns about nuclear reactors made ordinary people into environmentalists and promoted democratic engagement in West Germany during the 1970s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 149mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781316501061
• ISBN-10: 131650106X
• Artikelnr.: 55907081

Autorenporträt

Stephen Milder is an Assistant Professor of Politics and Society in the Department of European Languages and Cultures, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: taking the democratic dimensions of antinuclear activism; 1.
'Today the fish, tomorrow us:' the threatened Upper Rhine and the
grassroots origins of West European environmentalism; 2. A different watch
on the Rhine: how antinuclear activists imagined the Alemannic community
and united a region in resistance; 3. Onto the site and into significance?
The Wyhl Occupation in its contexts, from Strasbourg to Kaiseraugst and
Constance to Kiel; 4. 'Wyhl and then what ¿?' Between grassroots activism
and mass protest; 5. Political questions, grassroots answers: shaping an
environmental approach to electoral politics; 6. Organizing a 'decisive
battle against nuclear power plants': Europe and the nationalization of
Green politics in West Germany; Conclusion: protesting nuclear energy,
Greening democracy.