Environment and democracy in the Czech Republic : the environmental movement in the transition process / Adam Fagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fagan, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green movement--Czech Republic.

Green movement.

Democracy--Czech Republic.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since a handful of environmental activists helped to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the arena of environmental politics has offered a valuable lens on the transition process, providing a unique insight into the contradictory and highly contingent relationship between democratisation and neo-liberalism. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic offers a radical perspective on the democratisation process, revealing the extent to which the consolidation of a politically efficacious and diverse civil society is far more complex than the earlier generation of commentators

Contents:

Prelims; Introduction; Defining an environmental movement environmental movement; Different approaches to the study of environmental movements; Origins of the Czech environmental movement: from conservation to political opposition; The development of the Czech environmental mov ement, 1990-2000; Case studies; The Czech environmental movement in 2003; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-19948-3

9781845420608

9786613199485

1-84542-060-8

OCLC:

86176804