The Environmental Movement in Ireland

"The Environmental Movement in Ireland" examines key themes in Irish environmental politics, including the main components that have come to define such events, and incidents of environmental collective action in this country during forty years of growth and development. The author analyses the mobilisation and framing processes undertaken in these disputes, locating them in the context of a wider rural identity that has shaped grassroots environmentalism in the Irish case.

List of contents

Politics.- The Environmentalism Debate.- Irish Environmental Activism: From Woodquay to the 'Celtic Tiger'.- The Environmental Protection Agency and the Irish Green Party.- Communities.- Rural Sentiment and the Irish Environmental Movement.- Rural Sentiment as Ecological Capital.- Understanding Collective Action.- Campaigns: Phase One.- No Nukes: Carnsore Point.- The Anti-toxics Movement.- Mining: Tynagh and Donegal.- Campaigns: Phase Two.- Conservation: Mullaghmore.- Anti-incineration: Galway, Meath and Cork.- Resources: The Rossport 5 (Shell to Sea).- Roads: Glen of the Downs, Carrickmines and Tara.- Conclusion: Mapping the Consequences of Environmental Activism.

Summary

“The Environmental Movement in Ireland” examines key themes in Irish environmental politics, including the main components that have come to define such events, and incidents of environmental collective action in this country during forty years of growth and development. The author analyses the mobilisation and framing processes undertaken in these disputes, locating them in the context of a wider rural identity that has shaped grassroots environmentalism in the Irish case.

Product details

• Authors: J. Barry, Liam Leonard
• Assisted by: J. Barry (Foreword)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2010
• EAN: 9789048177332
• ISBN: 978-90-481-7733-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 388 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 234 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; B, Sociology, Environmental Policy, Political Science, Environment, Anthropology, biotechnology, The environment, Political science & theory, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Earth and Environmental Science, Sociology, general, Environmental law, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Environmental Sciences, Environment, general, Environment law, Environmental Science and Engineering