Democracy And Environmental Movements In Eastern Europe A Comparative Study Of Hungary And Russia

Preface -- Introduction -- “A Little Bit to the East from the West and a Little Bit to the West from the East”: Democratic Development in Hungary -- The Historical Absence of a Democratic Tradition: the Case of Russia -- Pluralism, Opposition and Civil Society in Soviet-Type Regimes: in Conceptual Debates and in Practice -- Hungarian Environmental Movements: Case Studies and Analysis -- Environmental Movements in Russia -- Local and National Authorities Versus Environmental Movements: the Hungarian Case -- Local and National Authorities Versus Environmental Movements: the Russian Case -- A Comparison of Russian and Hungarian Environmental Movements -- The Relevance of Western Theories in Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- Appendix

Biography

Katy Pickvance is lecturer in sociology at the University of Nottingham.