Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement - Radical Environmentalism and Comparative Social Movements

List of contents

1 Earth First!, profits last—no more roads! 2 Car wars 3 The origins of Earth First! 4 Twyford, other tribes and other trials 5 Activist identity 6 Political opportunities and direct action 7 Culture, ideology and the anti-roads movement 8 Globalised greens 9 The preferred way of doing things

About the author

Derek Wall is Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements, University of Kent at Canterbury, and a green activist.

Summary

Showing how green social and political theory can be linked to practical struggles fro environmental and social change, Derek Wall investigates key topics of political and sociological interest in Britain and the World today.

Product details

• Authors: Derek Wall, Derek (Goldsmiths Wall, Wall Derek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.1999
• EAN: 9780415190640
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19064-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Environmental Management, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Political ideologies and movements