Hi everyone. This is my first time posting here, but I subscribed a few
weeks ago and I have really been enjoying this listserv! I received the
info below from another listserv (see copied header). If anyone is
interested in subscribing to it, e-mail me personally and I will send you
the necessary info. But, I will continue to try to 'transfer' postings from
that list to this one when it seems appropriate. (A section of the book
mentioned below seemed to fit that bill).
FYI - I am in the field of solid waste management (construction and
demolition debris recycling to be specific) and am just (finally!) finishing
up a masters degree in Environmental Resource Management with a focus in
solid waste management. Thought it would be appropriate to list that brief
bio in case there are any other similar souls out there. (I am also
dabbling with the idea of switching to environmental education at some point
in the future - hopefully high school or college level).
Anyway - I hope that the book listed below is of interest to some of you!
Marsha in NH - USA
Subj: Global Environmentalism Book
>Date: 96-01-30 05:35:21 EST
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ivelin Roussev (+361-250-3401))
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>New Book Announcement
>
>Ecological Resistance Movements: the Global Emergence of Radical and
>Popular Environmentalism.
>
>Edited by Bron Taylor
>
>Ecological resistance movements are proliferating around the world. Some
>are explicitly radical in their tactics while others have emerged from a
>variety of social movements that, in response to environmental
>deterioration, have taken up ecological sustainability as a central
>objective. This book brings together a team of international scholars to
>examine contemporary movements of ecological resistance.
>
>The first four sections focus on the Americas, Asia and the Pacific,
>Africa, and Europe, and the book concludes with a selection of articles
>that address the philosophical and moral issues these movements pose,
>assess the trends found among them, and evaluate their impacts and prospects.
>
>Published 1 October 1995 by The State University of New York Press
>(paperback $19.95; ISBN 0-7914-2646-7; Ordering c/o CUP Services, POB
>6525, Ithaca, NY 14851; 800-666-2211)
>
>TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
>INTRODUCTION
>
>1) The global emergence of popular Ecological Resistance (Bron
> Taylor)
>
>POPULAR ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAS
>
>2) Earth First! and global narratives of popular ecological resistance
> (Bron Taylor)
>3) With liberty and environmental justice for all: the emergence and
> challenge of grassroots environmentalism (Bob Edwards)
>4) Bread and soil of our dreams: women, the environment and
> sustainable development--case studies from Central America
> (Lois Lorentzen)
>5) Profits, parrots, peons: ethical perplexities in the Amazon (Heidi
> Hadsell)
>
>POPULAR ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN ASIA AND THE
>PACIFIC
>
>6) International native resistance to the new resource wars (Al
> Gedicks)
>7) Visitors to the commons: approaching Thailand's "environmental"
> struggles from a Western starting point (Larry Lohmann)
>8) Grassroots environmental resistance in India (Vikram K. Akula)
>9) Popular environmentalists in the Philippines: people's claims to
> natural resources (Emma Porio, Bron Taylor)
>
>POPULAR ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN AFRICA
>
>
>10) Grassroots resistance to dominant land-use patterns in Southern
> Africa (Yash Tandon)
>11) Luta, livelihood and lifeworld in contemporary Africa (Ben
> Wisner)
>
>POPULAR ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN EUROPE
>
>12) Have a friend for lunch: Norwegian radical ecology versus
> tradition (David Rothenberg)
>13) Between moderation and marginalization: environmental
> radicalism in Britain (Wolfgang Rudig)
>14) Popular resistance and the emergence of radical environmentalism
> in Scotland (Brendan Hill, Rachel Freeman, Steve Blamires,
> Alistair McIntosh)
>
>CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON THE GLOBAL EMERGENCE OF
>POPULAR ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE
>
>15) Postmodern environmentalism: a critique of deep ecology (Jerry
> A. Stark)
>16) In search of Gaian politics: earth religion's challenge to modern
> western civilization (Daniel Deudney)
>17) In defense of banner hangers: the dark green politics of
> Greenpeace (Paul Wapner)
>18) The effectiveness of radical environmentalists (Sheldon
> Kamieniecki, S. Dulaine Coleman, Robert O. Vos)
>19) Popular ecological resistance and radical environmentalism (Bron
> Taylor)
>
>VOLUME ABSTRACT
>
>Spurred by the widespread deterioration of ecosystems, grassroots
>environmental movements have proliferated; many view themselves, or are
>believed by others, to be "radical" in their ideas and "militant" in
>their tactics.
>
>Such movements sometimes precipitate and often engender violent
>reactions. They are also having discernable impacts on domestic and
>international politics. They may even be contributing to what some
>theorists consider to be the declining legitimacy and power of
>nation-state regimes in the waning years of the 20th century. Yet most
>of these movements have received little or no scholarly scrutiny.
>Consequently, many inaccurate perceptions about these movements have
>proliferated, for example, that northern-style "deep ecology" and
>"radical environmentalism" undergird ecological resistance
>internationally, and that today's ecological resistance movements are
>new and unique social phenomena. Because all of these groups are not
>obviously "radical" or "militant," and because they share no common
>philosophy, to achieve clarity, this volume refers to these diverse
>groups as popular ecological resistance movements. They are "popular"
>because they draw upon individuals from a wide range of social, economic,
>and political backgrounds. They are "resistance" movements because they
>directly challenge the land use practices typical of industrial or
>industrializing societies.
>
>This volume provides a descriptively grounded and theoretically
>informed global panorama of popular ecological resistance. It examines the
>continuities these movements have with earlier forms of social resistance,
>their social, ecological, and philosophical tributaries, their diverse
>characteristics, strategies, and tactics, their material and conceptual
>resources, their political impacts, and their future prospects. The volume
>concludes that despite their diversity, there are specific ways these groups
>can accurately be understood as radical; and it opens issues for further
>scholarly inquiry. The volume also provides readers with an opportunity to
>critically reflect on the ecological, political, and moral quandaries
>posed by the emergence of these important social movements.
>
>
