Environmental networks and social movement theory /
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 inte...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. Aims ; Why research networking among environmental organizations? ; Theoretical approach ; Methodological approach ; The contents
- 2. Environmental movements or networks? ; Defining movements ; Environmental networks ; Who is part of the environmental movement? ; Environmental networks and environmental movements ; Concluding remarks
- 3. Key organizations and campaigns in London's environmental networks. National environmental organizations ; Regional environmental organizations ; Local environmental organizations ; Key environmental campaigns in London ; Concluding remarks
- 4. The role of resources in relationships. Resource mobilization theory and rationality ; Organizational-level resource mobilization theory ; Evaluating resource mobilization theory ; Competition, resource mobilization and implications for environmental networks ; Resource mobilization and networks in practice: The London data ; Concluding remarks
- 5. Political structures, political contingencies and environmental networks. The 'strong' approach ; The 'weak' approach ; The case for looking at organizational strategy and status ; Political opportunities and interaction in environmental networks: The London data ; Concluding remarks ; 6. Environmental networks and new social movement theory. What is new social movement theory? ; What is new? ; Evaluating new social movement theory ; Implications for environmental networks ; New social movement theory in practice: The London data ; Concluding remarks
- 7. Collective identity and solidarity: unity or factionalism? What is identity? ; The exclusive identity of radical environmentalism ; Collective identity and solidarity in three environmental organizations ; Concluding remarks
- 8. Towards a synthetic analytical framework for understanding interaction in environmental networks. Limitations of social movement theories ; Why integrate social movement theories? ; The dynamics of contention ; A synthetic approach to campaigns against climate change and aviation expansion ; Concluding remarks
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. List of interviewees
- Appendix 2. Survey
- Appendix 3. List of survey respondents
- Appendix 4. Key to figures 6.2 and 6.3
- Notes
- References
- Index.