Environmental movements in minority and majority worlds : a global perspective / Timothy Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Timothy, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental movements are among the most vibrant, diverse, and powerful social movements occurring today, across all corners of the globe. They range dramatically from government lobbyists raising campaign funds to save the North American spotted owl; to "Green Warriors" engaging in guerrilla conflict in the mountains of the Philippines; to small landholders and indigenous peoples vowing to die by meeting the waters of the Narmada River in India as it rises due to its damming. Drawing on his primary fieldwork in six countries, environmental researcher Timothy Doyle argues that there is, in fact, no one global environmental movement; rather, there are many, and the differences among them far outweigh their similarities. Movements in the third world--such as those in India and the Philippines --tend to be oriented around issues of human health, shelter, food security, and survival; while those of the developed world--for example, the United States, England, Germany, and Australia --can afford to focus on post-materialist issues such as wilderness concerns and animal rights. Doyle also demonstrates that the consequences of these campaigns are as wide-ranging as their motives and methods. Taking a much-needed step beyond the wealth of nation-centered accounts of environmentalism, this book makes an important contribution to studies concerned with global environmental problems and politics.

Contents:

Introduction to environmental movements

Forest movements : environmental movements in the United Utates of America

Movements against mining : environmental movements in the Philippines

Wilderness movements : environmental movements in Australia

Anti-roads movements : environmental movements in Britain

River movements : environmental movements in India

Anti-nuclear movements : environmental movements in the Germany

Conclusions to environmental movements.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-5610-4

0-8135-3740-1

OCLC:

614980482