Bibliograph

Local environmental struggles, citizen activism in the treadmill of production, Kenneth A. Gould, Allan Schnaiberg, Adam S. Weinberg

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Local environmental struggles, citizen activism in the treadmill of production, Kenneth A. Gould, Allan Schnaiberg, Adam S. Weinberg

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Local environmental struggles

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1030109149

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Kenneth A. Gould, Allan Schnaiberg, Adam S. Weinberg

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

citizen activism in the treadmill of production

Summary

In recent years, environmentalism in the US has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. Correspondingly, the American environmental movement has exhorted its supporters to 'think globally' but 'act locally'. The authors examine this modern environmental mantra by analysing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. The difficulties involved in local activism are explored in three case studies - a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Great Lakes, and consumer waste recycling. The final chapter then reflects on the challenges facing citizen-worker movements in each case study, and concludes that, despite the inherent difficulties, any successful attempt at mobilisation must have a local component.--, Provided by publisher

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