Transnational Identity Politics and the Environment

Informationen zum Autor By Gabriel Ignatow Klappentext This study in global sociology argues that environmental activism today has taken on a hybrid, transnational character in reaction to the 'retreat of the state' and the political activism of transnational migrant communities. The argument is illustrated with in-depth case studies of contemporary environmental social movements in Turkey and Lithuania. Zusammenfassung A study in global sociology which argues that environmental activism has taken on a hybrid! transnational character in reaction to the retreat of the state and the political activism of transnational migrant communities. The argument is illustrated with case studies of contemporary environmental social movements in Turkey and Lithuania. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Maryland to Lagos, New York to the Arava Chapter 2 Environmentalism, Globalization, and Social Theory Chapter 3 Cultural Modernization and Modern Environmentalism Chapter 4 Transnationalism and Hybridity Chapter 5 Waves of Environmental Organizations Chapter 6 Multicultural Environmentalisms in Turkey Chapter 7 Cultural Heritage and the Environment in Lithuania Chapter 8 Postmodern Environmentalisms?

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Ignatow, Ignatow Gabriel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780739120156
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2015-6
• No. of pages: 137
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Turkey, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Migration, immigration & emigration, Lithuania, Migration, immigration and emigration, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples