The green rainbow : environmental groups in Western Europe / Russell J. Dalton
- Bib ID:
- 1958562
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dalton, Russell J
- Description:
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994
- xvii, 305 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0300059620 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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What is behind the greening of European politics, and what is the future of the green movement? This book examines environmental interest groups at the vanguard of the green movement in Western Europe - from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to national bird societies and conservation groups - in order to answer these questions. Russell J. Dalton chronicles the evolution of environmental interest groups from their first mobilization wave in the late 1800s to the present. Drawing on interviews with leaders of nearly seventy major environmental groups in ten countries, he challenges the conventional view of the environmental movement.
Dalton uses his investigation into the green movement to shed light on social movements and social theory. By comparing conservation and ecology groups, he finds that an organization's values strongly influence its political behavior. He concludes that social movements are driven by their ideological views and political identity, which shape their choice of political goals, their potential for action, and their pattern of behavior.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. Introduction. Ch. 1. Environmentalism and Social Movement Theory
- Pt. 2. Movements in Context. Ch. 2. The Evolution of Environmentalism. Ch. 3. Europeans and Environmentalism
- Pt. 3. Environmental Organizations. Ch. 4. The Organization of Environmentalism. Ch. 5. Environmental Elites
- Pt. 4. Political Repertoires. Ch. 6. Defining the Agenda. Ch. 7. Alliance Patterns and Environmental Networks. Ch. 8. Patterns of Action. Ch. 9. Political Parties and Environmentalism
- Pt. 5. Conclusion. Ch. 10. Environmental Politics and Advanced Industrial Democracies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index.
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