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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Page 1
... pollution, propelled the environmental movement to political prominence at the time of the revolution (Albrecht, 1987; Jancar-Webster, 1993; Waller and Millard, 1992). During the 1990s foreign donors were keen to support nascent green ...
... pollution, propelled the environmental movement to political prominence at the time of the revolution (Albrecht, 1987; Jancar-Webster, 1993; Waller and Millard, 1992). During the 1990s foreign donors were keen to support nascent green ...
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... pollution that was sweeping the developed world and happened to coincide with political change in Eastern Europe. This was indeed the year in which Margaret Thatcher declared that the British Conservatives were 'the true friends of the ...
... pollution that was sweeping the developed world and happened to coincide with political change in Eastern Europe. This was indeed the year in which Margaret Thatcher declared that the British Conservatives were 'the true friends of the ...
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... 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' sentiment, citizen ...
... 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' sentiment, citizen ...
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... pollution. It therefore seems appropriate at this stage of the book to include an overview of the environmental problems of both the communist era and the present period, and to consider in particular how economic change since 1990 has ...
... pollution. It therefore seems appropriate at this stage of the book to include an overview of the environmental problems of both the communist era and the present period, and to consider in particular how economic change since 1990 has ...
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... pollution. Various statistics are available that endorse the link between energy-intensive industrial production and air pollution. For example, it was claimed that the ten largest brown coal power stations accounted for over a third of ...
... pollution. Various statistics are available that endorse the link between energy-intensive industrial production and air pollution. For example, it was claimed that the ten largest brown coal power stations accounted for over a third of ...
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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