Environmentalism since 1945 / by Gary Haq and Alistair Paul.

By:

Haq, Gary

Contributor(s):

Paul, Alistair

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xvi, 124 pISBN:

9780415601818
0415601819
9780415601825
0415601827 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

333.720973

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Contents:

1. Introduction; The environmental idea; Scope of the book-- 2. The environmental movement; Early environmental campaigns; Dawn of a new movement; US environmental successes; European mobilisation; Global environmental campaigns; A new wave of grassroots movements; A global counterculture; Contemporary campaign challenges; A crowded marketplace; Tackling climate change; Understanding the environmental movement-- 3. Global environmental governance. Resource security and sovereigntyUN Conference on the Human Environment; Environment and development; The Rio Earth Summit; Instruments of global environmental governance; Global climate change policy; Understanding global environmental governance-- 4. Science and the environment; The study of nature; The control of nature; Radical ecology; Science in environmental policy; The burden of proof; Science under fire; Understanding science and the environment-- 5. Economics and the environment; Early economic thought; Economic growth and production; The birth of ecological economics; Valuing nature. Privatising common resourcesA Global Green New Deal; Understanding economics and the environment-- 6. Popular culture and environment; The post-war consumer boom; From Earthrise to Earth Day; Taking action; The rise of the green consumer; Greening the mainstream; Changing public attitudes; Changing individual behaviour; Understanding popular culture and the environment-- 7. The future of environmentalism; Environmental progress and change; Environmental scepticism; The role of technology; Winning hearts and minds; Post-environmentalism; A new age of environmental localism; Notes. Further readingIndex; Index.

Summary: Today environmental issues are part of daily life, a feature of the modern world almost everyone now recognises. Contemporary environmentalism has promoted a way of speaking and thinking about the environment that was not possible or imaginable decades ago. Environmentalism Since 1945 provides a concise introduction to the greening of politics, science, economics and culture in the post-war period. It covers key issues such as the:birth of the environmental movementdevelopment of global environmental governance climate science and the rise of climate scepticismGreen New Deal and the call for p.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB F-1	Non Fiction	333.720973 HAQ-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006881

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1. Introduction; The environmental idea; Scope of the book--
2. The environmental movement; Early environmental campaigns; Dawn of a new movement; US environmental successes; European mobilisation; Global environmental campaigns; A new wave of grassroots movements; A global counterculture; Contemporary campaign challenges; A crowded marketplace; Tackling climate change; Understanding the environmental movement--
3. Global environmental governance. Resource security and sovereigntyUN Conference on the Human Environment; Environment and development; The Rio Earth Summit; Instruments of global environmental governance; Global climate change policy; Understanding global environmental governance--
4. Science and the environment; The study of nature; The control of nature; Radical ecology; Science in environmental policy; The burden of proof; Science under fire; Understanding science and the environment--
5. Economics and the environment; Early economic thought; Economic growth and production; The birth of ecological economics; Valuing nature. Privatising common resourcesA Global Green New Deal; Understanding economics and the environment--
6. Popular culture and environment; The post-war consumer boom; From Earthrise to Earth Day; Taking action; The rise of the green consumer; Greening the mainstream; Changing public attitudes; Changing individual behaviour; Understanding popular culture and the environment--
7. The future of environmentalism; Environmental progress and change; Environmental scepticism; The role of technology; Winning hearts and minds; Post-environmentalism; A new age of environmental localism; Notes. Further readingIndex; Index.

Today environmental issues are part of daily life, a feature of the modern world almost everyone now recognises. Contemporary environmentalism has promoted a way of speaking and thinking about the environment that was not possible or imaginable decades ago. Environmentalism Since 1945 provides a concise introduction to the greening of politics, science, economics and culture in the post-war period. It covers key issues such as the:birth of the environmental movementdevelopment of global environmental governance climate science and the rise of climate scepticismGreen New Deal and the call for p.

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