Environmental Networks and Social Movement Theory by Dr Clare Saunders (English)

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Are environmentalists in Britain part of a transnational movement or are they tactically and ideologically distinct? How can we understand the environmental movement within the context of social movement theory? Based on detailed empirical research, this is a penetrating analysis of the state of the environmental movement.

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on Clare Saunders' book is an important contribution to the literature on social movements and environmentalism. Using the concept of 'environmental networks', it explores the extent to which social movement theory helps us understand how a broad range of environmental organizations interact. It considers the practicalities of social movement theories and it goes on to relate them to the practices of environmental networks. Theoretically and empirically rich, the book draws on extensive survey material with 144 UK environmental organizations, as diverse as not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) groups, reformists, conservationists and radicals; interviews with more than 40 key campaigners and extensive participant-observation, particularly in London.Focussing particularly on the crucial question of networking dynamics, the book reveals that there are broad ranging network links across the movements' spatial and ideological dimensions. Combined with inevitable ideological clashes and a degree of sectarian rivalry, these links helps produce vibrant environmental networks that together work to protect and/or preserve the environment. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone concerned with environmental issues, politics and movements.

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Based on detailed empirical research, this is a penetrating analysis of the state of the environmental movement.

Author Biography

Clare Saunders is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Politics at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Environmental movements and environmental networksChapter 3. Key organisations and campaigns in London's environmental networkChapter 4. The role of resources in relationshipsChapter 5. Political structures, political contingencies and environmental networksChapter 6. Environmental networks and new social movement theoryChapter 7. Collective identity and solidarity. Do they unify or factionalise environmental networks?Chapter 8. Towards a synthetic analytical framework for understanding interaction in environmental networks

Review

This book successfully provides a constructive framework for considering environmental networks through a 'dynamic process' combining a range of aspects of SMT which have previously been considered in isolation. It highlights the extensive, and often surprising, network links between environmental organisations of differing spatial and ideological standpoints. This book's depth and accessible writing style make it an excellent accompaniment to both new and established readers examining politics, environmentalism and social movements. -- William Knight, University of Nottingham * Political Studies Review Volume 13, Issue 1 *Saunders gives a forceful insight into (new) social movement theory. * Neue Politische Literatur *

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Based on detailed empirical research, this is a penetrating analysis of the state of the environmental movement.

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Clare Saunders' book is an important contribution to the literature on social movements and the environmental movement. It opens with a broad-based consideration of the practicalities of social movement theories and it goes on to relate them to the practices of a particular movement. Theoretically and empirically rich, the book draws on extensive survey material with 144 UK environmental organizations, interviews with more than 40 key campaigners and extensive participant-observation. Saunders argues that Britain has one of the most active and well developed environmental movements in the world; it is not torn by such dramatic divisions as the US movement, yet it illustrates factions common across environmental movements in many European countries. She focuses especially on the crucial question of networking dynamics, showing that there are broad ranging network links across the movements' spatial and ideological dimensions and that this combined with inevitable ideological clashes and a degree of sectarian rivalry, helps produce the creative tension that leads the movement closer to achieving its overarching aims of protecting and preserving the environment.

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This book successfully provides a constructive framework for considering environmental networks through a 'dynamic process' combining a range of aspects of SMT which have previously been considered in isolation. It highlights the extensive, and often surprising, network links between environmental organisations of differing spatial and ideological standpoints. This book's depth and accessible writing style make it an excellent accompaniment to both new and established readers examining politics, environmentalism and social movements.

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Are environmentalists in Britain part of a transnational movement or are they tactically and ideologically distinct? How can we understand the environmental movement within the context of social movement theory? Based on detailed empirical research, this is a penetrating analysis of the state of the environmental movement.

Details ISBN1849660522 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN-10 1849660522 ISBN-13 9781849660525 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-04-11 Short Title ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORKS & SOCIA Language English Pages 272 Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 363.705 Series Criminal Practice Series UK Release Date 2013-04-11 NZ Release Date 2013-04-11 Author Dr Clare Saunders Edited by Elena Zaytseva Position Classics Teacher Qualifications Sir Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2013-06-05 We've got this

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