1st Edition

Environmentalism in the United States Changing Patterns of Activism and Advocacy

Edited By Elizabeth Bomberg, David Schlosberg Copyright 2009
176 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

Environmentalism – defined here as activism aimed at protecting the environment or improving its condition – is undergoing significant change in the United States. Under attack from the current administration and direct questioning from its own ranks, environmentalism in the US is at a crossroads. This special issue will explore the changing patterns of and challenges to environmentalism in the... Read more
  1. Perspectives on American environmentalism  David Schlosberg and Elizabeth Bomberg
  2. Producing political climate change: the hidden life of US environmentalism  Philip Brick and R. McGreggor Cawley
  3. Populism, paternalism and the state of environmentalism in the US  John M. Meyer
  4. The environmentalist: 'what is to be done?'  William Chaloupka
  5. Ecological modernisation, American style  David Schlosberg and Sara Rinfret
  6. Living environmentalisms: coalition politics, social reproduction, and environmental justice  Giovanna Di Chiro
  7. Radical environmentalism in an age of antiterrorism  Steve Vanderheiden
  8. Failure and opportunity: environmental groups in US climate change policy  Gary Bryner
  9. US environmentalism in comparative perspective  Elizabeth Bomberg and David Schlosberg

Biography

Elizabeth Bomberg is Senior Lecturer in Politics and the University of Edinburgh.

David Schlosberg is Professor of Political Science at Northern Arizona University.