Description:Environmentalism - defined here as activism aimed at protecting the environment or improving its condition - is undergoing significant change in the United States. Under attack from the current administration and direct questioning from its own ranks, environmentalism in the US is at a crossroads. This special issue will explore the changing patterns of and challenges to environmentalism in the contemporary US. More specifically, it will examine the following dynamics:- the re-conceptualisation of core ideas and strategies defining US environmentalism;- questions of identity and relations with other advocacy groups (including labour, global justice and women's groups);- institutional change (especially the shift away from regulatory policies and approaches);- the expanding arenas of activism, to both above and below the state;- environmentalists' response to Bush administration policies and priorities.This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Environmentalism in the United States: Changing Conceptions of Activism. To get started finding Environmentalism in the United States: Changing Conceptions of Activism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Environmentalism in the United States: Changing Conceptions of Activism
Description: Environmentalism - defined here as activism aimed at protecting the environment or improving its condition - is undergoing significant change in the United States. Under attack from the current administration and direct questioning from its own ranks, environmentalism in the US is at a crossroads. This special issue will explore the changing patterns of and challenges to environmentalism in the contemporary US. More specifically, it will examine the following dynamics:- the re-conceptualisation of core ideas and strategies defining US environmentalism;- questions of identity and relations with other advocacy groups (including labour, global justice and women's groups);- institutional change (especially the shift away from regulatory policies and approaches);- the expanding arenas of activism, to both above and below the state;- environmentalists' response to Bush administration policies and priorities.This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Environmentalism in the United States: Changing Conceptions of Activism. To get started finding Environmentalism in the United States: Changing Conceptions of Activism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.