Agency, Democracy, and Nature The U. S. Environmental Movement from a Critical Theory Perspective

Name: Agency, Democracy, and Nature The U. S. Environmental Movement from a Critical Theory Perspective
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ISBN: 9780262522816

ISBN-10: 0262522810

ISBN-13: 9780262522816

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert J. Brulle

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In this book Robert Brulle draws on a broad range of empirical and theoretical research to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. environmental groups. Brulle shows how Critical Theory--in particular the work of Juuml;rgen Habermas--can expand our understanding of the social causes of environmental degradation and the political actions necessary to deal with it. He then develops both a pragmatic and a moral argument for broad-based democratization of society as a prerequisite to the achievement of ecological sustainability. From the perspectives of frame analysis, resource mobilization, and historical sociology, using data on more than one hundred environmental groups, Brulle examines the…

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List price: $8.75
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Ecological Degradation and Social Change



Communicative Action and the Social Order



The Social Dynamics of Environmental Degradation



Social Learning for Ecological Sustainability



The Growth and Institutionalization of the Environmental Movement



Manifest Destiny and the Development of North America



The Early Development of the Environmental Movement



Reform Environmentalism: Public Health and Ecology



Alternative Voices



The Dynamics of the Environmental Movement



Agency, Democracy, and the Environment


App: Methodology


Notes


Bibliography


Index