Green States and Social Movements

Environmentalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-924903-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

This is a comparative study of the environmental movement's successes and failures in four very different states: the USA, UK, Germany and Norway. It covers the modern environmental era beginning in 1970. The analysis also explains the role played by social movements in making modern societies more deeply democratic, and more.

Social movements take shape in relation to the kind of state they face, while over time states are transformed by the movements that they both incorporate and resist. Green States and Social Movements is a comparative study of the environmental movement's

1. States, Movements, and Democracy; 2. Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Four Countries; 3. Cooptive or Effective Inclusion? Movement Aims and State Imperatives; 4. The Perils of Political Inclusion: Moderation and Bureaucratization; 5. The Dynamics of Democratization; 6. Evaluating Movement Effectiveness and Strategy; 7. Ecological Modernization, Risk Society, and the Green State; Conclusion

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dryzek, John S.

Downes, David

Hunold, Christian

Schlosberg, David

Hernes, Hans-Kristian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Umwelt-, Konsum- und Werbepsychologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: States, Movements, and Democracy

- 2: Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Four Countries

- 3: Cooptive or Effective Inclusion? Movement Aims and State Imperatives

- 4: The Perils of Political Inclusion: Moderation and Bureaucratization

- 5: The Dynamics of Democratization

- 6: Evaluating Movement Effectiveness and Strategy

- 7: Ecological Modernization, Risk Society, and the Green State

- Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

(University of Tromso, Norway)