The A to Z of the Green Movement

Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

392 Seiten

2009
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-6878-6 (ISBN)

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Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia. Disquiet about the consequences of human action on the natural environment date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The efforts of the green movement can be traced back to the 19th century. In this period, individuals, groups, and organizations began campaigning for the conservation and preservation of natural areas and the protection of wildlife species. Efforts to combat pollution also began. It was not until the 1960s, however, that the green movement in its more modern incarnation emerged. The green movements that arose at this time maintained the concerns with conservation, preservation, and industrial pollution held by earlier generations, but added to their agenda new issues, including justice, equality, participatory democracy, and sustainability.

The A to Z of the Green Movement provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of green parties and movements, green issues, and green concepts. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on countries in the world where green parties or proto-parties have formed, green movement organizations, major international environmental conferences, and green concepts. This useful reference will be greatly valued by students, academics, journalists, and policymakers alike.

Miranda Schreurs, a specialist in environmental politics and policy, is the director of the Environmental Policy Research Center of the Free University of Berlin. Elim Papadakis is an Executive Director at the Australian Research Council and holds a Professorship in European Studies at the Australian National University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.11.2009
Reihe/Serie	The A to Z Guide Series
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 217 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8108-6878-4 / 0810868784
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-6878-6 / 9780810868786
Zustand	Neuware