1st Edition
Explaining Environmentalism In Search of a New Social Movement
By Philip W. Sutton
Copyright 2000
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: The author examines those current theories which purport to explain the emergence and character of 'new' social movements in the 'advanced' industrial societies since the 1960s. In particular, it sets out to test the efficacy of these explanations in relation to the history of the environmental movement in Britain. The book breaks new ground in... Read more
1. Environmentalism and Radical Ecology. 2. Theories of Old and New Social Movements. 3. The Rise of Environmentalism and Radical Ecology. 4. The Origins of Organised Environmentalism. 5. Twentieth Century Environmentalism. 6. Industrialisation and Nature Politics. 7. Towards a Socio-Historical Explanation of British Environmentalism.
Biography
Philip W. Sutton
’Explaining Environmentalism will become one of the key texts for understanding the historical development of one of the major social movements of the new century. This book is unique in its critical coverage of a wide range of sociological theories of environmentalism, combined with the analysis of the diverse historical strands of the movement in the UK.’ Paul Bagguley, Vanderbilt University, USA
