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Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism - Peter Dauvergne

Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism

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Buch | Hardcover
386 Seiten
2016 | Second Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6960-6 (ISBN)
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To capture the diversity within environmentalism, this dictionary takes a global tack with a focus on ideas, events, institutions, initiatives, and green movements since the 1960s. It strives to avoid a common error in many histories of environmentalism: to exaggerate the input of the wealthy countries of Europe and North America and understate the influence of Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and the Polar Regions. It aims as well for a more comprehensive analysis than most histories of the modern environmental movement, understanding environmentalism as emerging not only from grassroots and formal nongovernmental associations, but also from corporate, governmental, and intergovernmental organizations and initiatives. This assumes the ideas and energy infusing environmentalism with political purpose arise from hundreds of thousands of sources: from corporate boardrooms to bureaucratic policies to international negotiations to activists. Thus, environmentalists are not only indigenous people blocking a logging road, Greenpeace activists protesting a seal hunt, or green candidates contesting an election; an equal or larger number of environmentalists are working within the Japanese bureaucracy to implement environmental policies, within the World Bank to assess the environmental impacts of loans, within Wal-Mart to green its purchasing practices, or within intergovernmental forums to negotiate international environmental agreements.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about environmentalism.

Peter Dauvergne is a professor of international relations at the University of British Columbia. Specializing in the politics of global environmental change, his recent books include Eco-Business and Environmentalism of the Rich.

Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 234 mm
Gewicht 735 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Wirtschaft
ISBN-10 1-4422-6960-X / 144226960X
ISBN-13 978-1-4422-6960-6 / 9781442269606
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