Local Environmental Struggles: Citizen Activism in the Treadmill of Production
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In recent years, environmentalism in the United States has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. The authors critique the modern environmental mantra, think globally, act locally, by analyzing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. Three case studies--a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Great Lakes, and consumer waste recycling--demonstrate the challenges facing citizen-worker movements.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521555213
ISBN13:9780521555210
Release Date:July 1996
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Conservation Earth Sciences Environmental Science Environmental Studies Nature & Ecology Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare SociologyCustomer Reviews
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a challenge to the "think globally, act locally" model
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
This work provides three studies which attempt to examine how effectively local citizen groups can challenge the existing production system and its political support. The examples include water pollution, wetlands protection, and postconsumer waste recycling. In each case, the authors directly confront the simplistic assumption that simply "thinking globally" can enhance the effectiveness of local movements. However, they suggest new models for mobilizing local citizens, using a form of "political franchising", involving the interaction between local movements, national and transnational movements, and the aggregation of organized local movements
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