The Making of Green Knowledge

Environmental Politics and Cultural Transformation
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-79687-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

The Making of Green Knowledge provides a wide ranging introduction to the politics of the environment and the development of environmental knowledge. Focusing in particular on the quest in recent years for more sustainable forms of socio-economic development, it attempts to place environmental politics within a broad historical perspective, and examines the different political strategies and cultural practices that have emerged. The Making of Green Knowledge is a uniquely personal exploration of the relationship between sustainable development, public participation, and cultural transformation. Through a highly accessible mix of theory, practical analysis and personal reflection it seeks to bring the making of green knowledge to life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jamison, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. On the ambiguities of greening; 2. Social movements and knowledge making; 3. The dialectics of environmentalism; 4. National shades of green; 5. The challenge of green business; 6. On the dilemmas of activism; 7. Concluding reflections.

Über Autor(innen)

Jamison, Andrew
Andrew Jamison has been involved in environmental politics as an academic and activist for over thirty years. He is Professor of Technology and Society in the Department of Development and Planning at the University of Aalborg and has published extensively in the areas of environmental politics, social theory, science and technology and intellectual history. His most recent books include Seeds of the Sixties (1994) and with Ron Eyerman Music and Social Movements (1998).