Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic: The Environmental Movement in the Transition Process. . . the book s contents will appeal to academics working within the fields of environmental politics or central and east European studies, as well as to political or social scientists with an interest in SMO development. David Benson, Environmental Poli |
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... context of concurrent political democratization and neoliberal economic restructuring. As a consequence of its relative size and development as an organized and prominent social movement, the environmental movement has offered the ...
... context of concurrent political democratization and neoliberal economic restructuring. As a consequence of its relative size and development as an organized and prominent social movement, the environmental movement has offered the ...
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... context. The end of the 1980s witnessed a pan-European interest in environmental protection focusing on issues of ozone depletion and so-called 'greenhouse' gas emissions. The support for the UK Green Party at the 1989 European ...
... context. The end of the 1980s witnessed a pan-European interest in environmental protection focusing on issues of ozone depletion and so-called 'greenhouse' gas emissions. The support for the UK Green Party at the 1989 European ...
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... context in which EMOs operate and obtain funding is a critical determinant of their capacity and function. Indeed, reflecting back on the post-communist decade from the vantage point of the environmental movement, the impact on EMOs of ...
... context in which EMOs operate and obtain funding is a critical determinant of their capacity and function. Indeed, reflecting back on the post-communist decade from the vantage point of the environmental movement, the impact on EMOs of ...
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... context acts as a constraint on their capacity to contest the ecological impact of foreign investment within supranational arenas. The demonstrations occurring in Prague during September 2000 against the World Bank and IMF summit ...
... context acts as a constraint on their capacity to contest the ecological impact of foreign investment within supranational arenas. The demonstrations occurring in Prague during September 2000 against the World Bank and IMF summit ...
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... context, as well as illustrating the impact of political change on the movement during the 1990s. A number of themes and issues arise and are followed throughout the analysis. These include radicalism versus institutionalisation ...
... context, as well as illustrating the impact of political change on the movement during the 1990s. A number of themes and issues arise and are followed throughout the analysis. These include radicalism versus institutionalisation ...
Contents
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18 | |
2 Different approaches to the study of environmental movements | 34 |
from conservation to political opposition | 51 |
4 The development of the Czech environmental mov ement 19902000 | 74 |
5 Case studies | 122 |
6 The Czech environmental movement in 2003 | 147 |
Conclusion | 169 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 187 |
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