Deep Environmental Politics - The Role of Radical Environmentalism in Crafting American Environmental Policy

Cramer provides a window into the world of radical environmentalism and the political process. He examines how deep ecology evolved, how its ideas influence our lives, and how it impacts our laws.

The book begins with an overview of deep ecology and traces its history in American political thought. Cramer then looks at the tactics employed by radical environmentalists and the relationship formed between activists and their political counterparts. He explains the difference between what deep ecology ultimately wants and what it strives for on a daily basis. Federal environmental legislation and congressional testimony are analyzed for trends, and media coverage of radical environmentalism is also examined. Cramer provides the first comprehensive look at the impact of deep ecology and radical environmentalism on American environmental politics and law. This book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of contemporary American politics and law, environmental studies, and the media.

List of contents

Illustrations
Preface
Background on Deep Ecology
Tenets of Deep Ecology
Roots of Deep Ecology
Rhetoric and Tactics of Deep Ecology
Deep Ecology and the Law
Introduction
Environmental Legislation
Congressional Testimony: Politics of Words
Congressional Testimony: Politics of Perspectives
Deep Ecology and the Legal System
Deep Ecology and the Media
Media and Politics
Media Coverage of Deep Ecology
The Media and Deep Ecology: A Closer Look
Conclusion: Avoiding the Mine by Trying to Stop the Tanker
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

PHILLIP F. CRAMER is a John W. Wade Scholar at Vanderbilt Law School. He has held internships with the U.S. Department of State, where he served as the Country Desk Officer for Bahrain, and with the Students for an Energy Efficient Environment (SEEE), where he worked with the EPA on the Greenlights program. He is currently working on a research project on environmentalism, international relations, and the American legal system.

Product details

• Authors: Phillip F. Cramer, Cramer Phillip F.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.1998
• EAN: 9780275960513
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96051-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; USA, Media Studies, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Pressure groups & lobbying