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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The Environmental Movement in the Transition Process Adam Fagan. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic The Environmental Movement in the Transition Process Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA © Adam Fagan, 2004 ...
The Environmental Movement in the Transition Process Adam Fagan. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic The Environmental Movement in the Transition Process Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA © Adam Fagan, 2004 ...
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... democracy. This study traces the development of the Czech environmental movement, from an embryonic array of dissident activists opposing the communist regime in the late 1980s to a diversified and politically prominent social movement ...
... democracy. This study traces the development of the Czech environmental movement, from an embryonic array of dissident activists opposing the communist regime in the late 1980s to a diversified and politically prominent social movement ...
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... democracy, but the issue of pollution and its amelioration also encapsulated so many of the issues and dilemmas of the post-communist decade. For example, notions of opening up the country to foreign assistance, the 'return to Europe ...
... democracy, but the issue of pollution and its amelioration also encapsulated so many of the issues and dilemmas of the post-communist decade. For example, notions of opening up the country to foreign assistance, the 'return to Europe ...
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... democracies, the role and function of Czech EMOs is distinctly path-dependent. At a superficial level the situation may reflect western norms, but the specific context in which EMOs operate and obtain funding is a critical determinant ...
... democracies, the role and function of Czech EMOs is distinctly path-dependent. At a superficial level the situation may reflect western norms, but the specific context in which EMOs operate and obtain funding is a critical determinant ...
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... democracy for the purposes of export. The structure of power in which EMOs operate, the institutions and procedures of political democracy – the 'rules of the game' according to Larry Diamond (1996) – appear incapable of effectively ...
... democracy for the purposes of export. The structure of power in which EMOs operate, the institutions and procedures of political democracy – the 'rules of the game' according to Larry Diamond (1996) – appear incapable of effectively ...
Contents
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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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