Explaining Environmentalism: In Search of a New Social Movement

ISBN-13: 9781138718401 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 238 str.

Philip W. Sutton

Opis

This title was first published in 2000:  Examining current theories surrounding the emergence and character of 'new' social movements in 'advanced' industrial societies since the 1960s, Sutton tests the relevance of these explanations to the history of the environmental movement in Britain.

Recenzje

’Explaining Environmentalism will become one of the key texts for understanding the historical development of one of the major social movements of the new century. This book is unique in its critical coverage of a wide range of sociological theories of environmentalism, combined with the analysis of the diverse historical strands of the movement in the UK.’ Paul Bagguley, Vanderbilt University, USA

Spis treści

1. Environmentalism and Radical Ecology.  2. Theories of Old and New Social Movements.  3. The Rise of Environmentalism and Radical Ecology.  4. The Origins of Organised Environmentalism.  5. Twentieth Century Environmentalism.  6. Industrialisation and Nature Politics.  7. Towards a Socio-Historical Explanation of British Environmentalism.

O autorze

Philip W. Sutton