Gaia''s Wager - Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability

Informationen zum Autor Gary C. Bryner is director of the Natural Resources Law Center and research professor at the University of Colorado! School of Law. Klappentext Can environmentalism evolve into a powerful social movement that transforms human practices in ways that are ecologically sustainable? Gary C. Bryner contends that it is in our self-interest as a species to ensure that environmental movements coalesce in the service of sustainability. From the very first Earth Day to the setting of Agenda 21 for the new millennium! this book traces the actors! the issues! and the institutions involved in moving environmentalism from a loose collection of fuzzy groups and goals to a new global force for change. Zusammenfassung Can environmentalism evolve into a powerful social movement that transforms human practices in ways that are ecologically sustainable? This work contends that it is in our self-interest as a species to ensure that environmental movements coalesce in the service of sustainability. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Assessing Environmental Politics Chapter 5 Environmentalism in the United States Chapter 6 Environmentalism: A Comparative Perspective Chapter 7 The Global Environmental Movement Chapter 8 Climate Change: A Case Study of Environmental Politics Chapter 9 Environmental Politics! Sustainability! and Self Interest Chapter 10 Suggestions for Further Reading Chapter 11 Select Web Sites for Environmental Issues

Product details

• Authors: Gary C. Bryner
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780847694891
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9489-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: People, Passions, and Power (P; People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P; People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science