Environment and democracy in the Czech Republic : the environmental movement in the transition process
Since a handful of environmental activists helped to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, the arena of environmental politics has offered a valuable lens on the transition process, providing a unique insight into the contradictory and highly contingent relationship between democratisation and neo-liberalism. Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic offers a radical perspective on the democratisation process, revealing the extent to which the consolidation of a politically efficacious and diverse civil society is far more complex than the earlier generation of commentators
vi, 195 pages ; 24 cm
9781858988764, 1858988764
53814105
Contents: Introduction 1. Defining an Environmental Movement 2. Different Approaches to the Study of Environmental Movements 3. Origins of the Czech Environmental Movement: From Conservation to Political Opposition 4. The Development of the Czech Environmental Movement, 1990–2000 5. Case Studies 6. The Czech Environmental Movement in 2003 Conclusion Bibliography Index
English