Local environmental struggles : citizen activism in the treadmill of production

Gould, Kenneth Alan. (Author). Schnaiberg, Allan. (Added Author). Weinberg, Adam S. (Added Author).

Summary: In recent years, environmentalism in the United States has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. The authors critique the modern environmental mantra, "think globally, act locally," by analyzing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. Three case studies--a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Great Lakes, and consumer waste recycling--demonstrate the challenges facing citizen-worker movements.

Record details

ISBN: 0521555191
ISBN: 9780521555197
ISBN: 0521555213
ISBN: 9780521555210
Physical Description: print
xv, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Transnational Structures and the Limits of Local Resistance -- 2. The Terrain of Environmental Conflicts: Local Wetland Watchers and a National Movement Organization -- 3. Slights of Hand: How Public Participation in Remediation of Water Pollution Fails to Trickle Down -- 4. Recycling: Organizing Local Grass Roots around a National Cash-Roots Policy -- 5. From Local to Transnational Strategies: Toward a Model of Sustainable Mobilization.