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University of Aberdeen
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Gatt, Caroline.
Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism.
Degree: 2011, University of Aberdeen
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► Friends of the Earth International (FoE!) is a federation of 76 'national' non-governmental organisations. The overall question of the thesis is: What are the processes…
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▼ Friends of the Earth International (FoE!) is a federation of 76 'national' non-governmental organisations. The overall question of the thesis is: What are the processes by which FoEI activists come to accept that FoEI, and national FoE member-groups, exist and have effect as entities? The thesis is an ethnographic exploration of how these organisations are constituted, maintained and have effects in the world. The project addresses two shortcomings in current social science. First, studies of environmentalism in anthropology have so far largely focused on subordinate groups or on the inhabitants of particular areas facing environmental issues, rather than on international arenas of environmental activism. Second, much of the literature on globalization in social theory remains detached from people's daily experiences. This thesis compensates for these shortcomings by focusing on an international environmental federation and by grounding theoretical discussions of globalisation in which environmentalism is given a central place. The thesis interrogates claims of 'global environmentalism' ethnographically through a phenomenological framework. Anthropological approaches to macro-scale issues have either discarded or struggled with phenomenology due to its apparently inherent micro-scale approach. I propose a synthesis of the approaches of Ingold, Latour and Haraway that I call ecological phenomenology. This synthesis provides a theoretical framework within which a range of scales can be taken into account. In the course of my argument, I develop three concepts to map and explore the simultaneous workings of impersonal structure and personal agency. These are: fields offorces, vectors and direction of attention. I propose to substitute these notions for the more traditional notion of 'relations' in anthropology. The interplay of vectors more precisely explains how the various types of entities (including supra-personal institutions) that FoE activists encounter are formed, the agency they exert, as well as the effectiveness of activists' personal power in dealing with them.
Subjects/Keywords: 333.72; Environmentalism
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Gatt, C. (2011). Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Aberdeen. Retrieved from http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=182332 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553777
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gatt, Caroline. “Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Aberdeen. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=182332 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553777.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gatt, Caroline. “Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Gatt C. Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Aberdeen; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=182332 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553777.
Council of Science Editors:
Gatt C. Becoming friends of the earth : an anthropology of global environmentalism. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Aberdeen; 2011. Available from: http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=182332 ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553777
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Choi, Eugene.
Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey.
Degree: PhD, Environmental Science, 2011, Oregon State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21351
► This dissertation focuses on a central question for six countries in Asia: what factors affect environmentalism? Numerous studies have proposed mixed theoretical explanations for the…
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▼ This dissertation focuses on a central question for six countries in Asia: what factors affect
environmentalism? Numerous studies have proposed mixed theoretical explanations for the
relationship between diverse values and beliefs regarding
environmentalism. Although these
diverse studies propose theories for the fast-growing and multifaceted
environmentalism in
Asia, here it is argued that the theories only partly explain
environmentalism in Asia due to
lack of empirical studies of this region. Thus, it is questioned whether Asian countries
demonstrate the kinds and levels of
environmentalism that would be expected according to
these theories.
Drawing upon the newest wave of the World Values Survey (WVS), this dissertation analyzes
environmentalism in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, and Malaysia. It begins by
assessing descriptive features of environmental measurement among these countries' publics.
Using bivariate and OLS regression analysis, relationships between three sets of dependent
variables (environmental participation, local environmental concern, and global environmental
concern), and three sets of independent variables (postmaterial factors, cultural and
sociodemographic factors) are analyzed.
Analyses found that there are weak connections between postmaterialism and environmental
participation and environmental concern in these countries. In addition, the divisions between
local and global environmental concern were inconsistent. It was found that more affluent
countries had greater concern for global environmental problems, but it was not evident that
less affluent countries placed more weight on local environmental problems than on global
problems. The results contradict the major theories in
environmentalism, and offer the view
that the conventional associations of environmental values and their influential factors may
not work the same way in Asian countries. In the end, it is proposed that
environmentalism in
Asia did not originate from certain homogenized values; thus, further studies should focus on
addressing how multifaceted environmental values develop into a society's
environmentalism.
Advisors/Committee Members: Steel, Brent (advisor), Lach, Denise (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism
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2.2 Features of Environmentalism in Asian Countries… …20
2.3 Themes of Asian Countries’ Environmentalism… …47
4. UNDERSTANDING MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTALISM FOR ASIAN
COUNTRIES… …55
4.1 Pre-examination of Environmentalism Measures… …55
4.2 Comparing Sources of Environmentalism Measurement…
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Choi, E. (2011). Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey. (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21351
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Choi, Eugene. “Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Oregon State University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21351.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Choi, Eugene. “Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Choi E. Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21351.
Council of Science Editors:
Choi E. Understanding environmentalism in six Asian countries : an analysis of the world values survey. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21351
University of Tasmania
3.
Tranter, BK.
The social bases of environmentalism in Australia.
Degree: 1996, University of Tasmania
URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21956/1/whole_TranterBruce1996_thesis.pdf
► The nature of support for environmentalism - conceptualised here as attitudes and behaviour supportive of ecological prudence and the green movement - has grown to…
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▼ The nature of support for environmentalism - conceptualised here as attitudes and behaviour supportive of ecological prudence and the green movement - has grown to become a major issue of contention among contemporary social scientists. Some researchers suggest that support for environmentalism stems from a 'new' or 'new middle' class, post World War II generation and, in particular, from among highly educated and left leaning urban dwellers. Others maintain that social location has diminishing utility for explaining social phenomena, and claim instead that new value orientations are the key to understanding support for environmental movements and concerns.
This research aims at reviewing and evaluating these claims. Part I reviews the theoretical arguments underlying the diverse class, generation and social status accounts of environmentalism. Critical evaluation of these accounts forms a springboard for empirical analysis. Part II examines empirically the social bases of environmentalism in Australia using nationally representative survey data. The impact of (new) class, status group, generation/cohort, and other aspects of social location, as well as 'postmaterial' values on environmental concerns and activism is assessed using multivariate techniques. Particular attention is paid to the hypothesis that support for environmentalism in Australia comes from certain status categories of people sharing similar lifestyles.
In general, there is a weak relationship between social location and environmental commitment and activism, although the relative explanatory value of social location varies according to the aspect of environmentalism under consideration. Age, new class location, postmaterialist value orientations and political partisanship are the best predictors of environmental concerns and activism, while lifestyle also has an impact upon environmental group support.
While 'social base' effects are discernible, they have limited utility for explaining environmental new politics. Like other aspects of the new politics, environmental concerns and activism in Australia are detached from the 'old' social bases of class, generation and status. Green supporters and sympathisers in Australia do not form clearly circumscribed social groupings, and they do not seem to be motivated by the traditional group interests that propelled 'old' politics. The social constituencies of environmentalism appear to be vague and fluid thus posing a major challenge to the established sociological approaches to environmentalism.
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism
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Tranter, B. (1996). The social bases of environmentalism in Australia. (Thesis). University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21956/1/whole_TranterBruce1996_thesis.pdf
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tranter, BK. “The social bases of environmentalism in Australia.” 1996. Thesis, University of Tasmania. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21956/1/whole_TranterBruce1996_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tranter, BK. “The social bases of environmentalism in Australia.” 1996. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Tranter B. The social bases of environmentalism in Australia. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 1996. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21956/1/whole_TranterBruce1996_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Tranter B. The social bases of environmentalism in Australia. [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 1996. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21956/1/whole_TranterBruce1996_thesis.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
4.
Chen, Yin-Ching.
The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi.
Degree: PhD, 0285, 2012, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31983
► The Liezi is regarded the third of the Daoist classics following the Laozi and the Zhuangzi. Dating from the pre-Han period (ca. 4-5 century B.C.)…
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▼ The Liezi is regarded the third of the Daoist classics following the Laozi and the Zhuangzi. Dating from the pre-Han period (ca. 4-5 century B.C.) to the Six Dynasties (229-589 A.D.), the Liezi constitutes a rich collection of more than a hundred and forty parables, mystical accounts, and philosophical treatises. This dissertation explores the Liezi’s idea of nature in four aspects: (1) cosmology; (2) view of life; (3) the way to attain harmony and union with nature; and (4) social and political view of human-nature relations.
Chapter one explores the Liezi’s cosmology, which presents a holistic and organic worldview based on the theory of qi. This chapter first explores the meaning and concept of qi, which is the common medium of all beings in nature. Life begins from the gathering of qi and ends in disperse of qi. As the dispersed qi gathers again, new life is born. Accordingly, different forms of lives, based on their common endowment of qi, are interrelated in a chain of metamorphoses. The Liezi thus presents a holistic and organic worldview in which the boundaries and categorizations of human, animals, plants, and matters, dissolve.
Chapter two analyzes the Liezi’s view of life, which supports an anti-anthropocentric and egalitarian view of all beings in nature. Since all lives are formed by the common medium of qi, they have no difference in nature and are equally noble and vile. Accordingly, humans are not superior to other species, but all beings have equal value. Be it humans, animals, plants, or mater substances, all are indispensable in their participation in the metamorphoses of qi, and thereby are equally meaningful in their existences.
Chapter three discusses the Daoist ethics of life that is nature friendly and sustainable. Regarding practical way of life, the Liezi not only inherits Laozi and Zhuangzi’s ideas of simplicity, frugality and humility, but also shows an intriguing connection to certain mystic beliefs and practices. The notions of faith and belief in the correspondence between human and nature reflect the Liezi’s mystical and religious approach to the ultimate goal of union with the Way.
Chapter four explores the Liezi’s political thought and its implication to environmental policy. The Liezi’s political thought synthesizes various theories of Confucianism, Legalism, and the Huang-Lao school, with the Daoist ideal of non-action as its most basic principle and ultimate goal. It is noteworthy, however, that “non-action” does not means doing nothing literally. In fact, the Daoist idea of non-action, or non-interference when applied to environmental policy, requires humans to attentively observe, understand, and follow the way nature works. Only when people act according to what is opportune and expedient can they live and prosper together with all beings in nature.
The concluding chapter summarizes the key points and central ideas of the Liezi in comparison with major principles of environmental philosophy to evaluate the Liezi’s potential contributions to…
Advisors/Committee Members: Cai, Zong-qi (advisor), Cai, Zong-qi (Committee Chair), Huntington, Rania (committee member), Mayer, Alexander (committee member), Ruppert, Brian Douglas (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Liezi; Daoism; Environmentalism
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Chen, Y. (2012). The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31983
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chen, Yin-Ching. “The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31983.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chen, Yin-Ching. “The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi.” 2012. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Chen Y. The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31983.
Council of Science Editors:
Chen Y. The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31983
University of Debrecen
5.
Szepesi, Judit.
Modern American Environmentalism
.
Degree: DE – TEK – Bölcsészettudományi Kar, 2013, University of Debrecen
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/157477
► Environmentalism as a concept has gone through a development since the term was first coined and today it is such a board term that it…
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▼ Environmentalism as a concept has gone through a development since the term was first coined and today it is such a board term that it comprises several issues. It has become a global concern that affects not only the United States but the rest of the world as well. I am going to examine the process by which the concept broadened and changed, the way it became a global issue and most important of all, I will deal with what role the United States played in this process, by summing up what the country added to the concept of
environmentalism.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mathey, Éva (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: environmentalism;
environmental movement
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Szepesi, J. (2013). Modern American Environmentalism
. (Thesis). University of Debrecen. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2437/157477
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Szepesi, Judit. “Modern American Environmentalism
.” 2013. Thesis, University of Debrecen. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/2437/157477.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Szepesi, Judit. “Modern American Environmentalism
.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Szepesi J. Modern American Environmentalism
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Debrecen; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/157477.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Szepesi J. Modern American Environmentalism
. [Thesis]. University of Debrecen; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2437/157477
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Columbia University
6.
Rhee, Chae-Young.
Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970.
Degree: 2018, Columbia University
URL: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8G4676M
► This dissertation focuses on a conservative, affluent, and white community—Santa Barbara, California to chart the rise a popular, aesthetic environmentalism in the twentieth-century United States.…
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▼ This dissertation focuses on a conservative, affluent, and white community—Santa Barbara, California to chart the rise a popular, aesthetic environmentalism in the twentieth-century United States. Acknowledged by environmentalists and historians as a principal site of the emergence of modern environmentalism after a 1969 offshore oil spill, the city’s reputation had long rested on the idea that the place epitomized California’s—and thus the nation’s—riches of natural beauty and climate. Beginning in the 1920s residents came together in a shared project of transforming the urban fabric under the belief that their city situated between the mountains and ocean could enjoy the benefits of modern, urban American life while avoiding its excesses and ills. Their work underscores how commitments and visions shared among individuals became a domesticated and inwardly-oriented and highly localized environmental politics that functioned as a lateral way to depoliticize ideas about the environment, urban life, and community belonging. Physical transformations structured conceptions of the environment over time, but also provided visible evidence for them. Exploring granular details including specificities about place and local attachments put into relief the possibilities, but also the shortcomings, of lived experience as a catalyst for environmental action.
Subjects/Keywords: Art; History; Environmentalism
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Rhee, C. (2018). Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970. (Doctoral Dissertation). Columbia University. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.7916/D8G4676M
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rhee, Chae-Young. “Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Columbia University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.7916/D8G4676M.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rhee, Chae-Young. “Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970.” 2018. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Rhee C. Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Columbia University; 2018. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8G4676M.
Council of Science Editors:
Rhee C. Designing Natural Advantages: Environmental Visions, Civic Ideals, and Architecture for Community, 1920 – 1970. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Columbia University; 2018. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8G4676M
University of Sheffield
7.
Williams, Mark.
Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands.
Degree: PhD, 2000, University of Sheffield
URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14789/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312291
► The proliferation of green parties on the European political landscape in recent decades has prompted much debate concerning the explanation of their emergence and the…
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▼ The proliferation of green parties on the European political landscape in recent decades has prompted much debate concerning the explanation of their emergence and the factors considered to influence their varying levels of electoral success. This thesis critically examines a number of perspectives and concepts drawn from the sociological and political studies literatures which shed light on these two key issues. Through a comparison of green party politics in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands, the thesis challenges the assessment of those who maintain that the emergence and/or electoral success of green parties can be understood principally in terms of the theory of 'post-materialist' value change, or in terms of the shift to 'post-industrial' society. Drawing on contemporary studies of 'high-consequence' risks, it argues for an alternative approach to understanding the emergence of green parties which is rooted in processes of social and global environmental change that have taken place during the post-war period. The question of green party electoral success is examined by means of the organisation of a variety of political and institutional factors into four overarching themes: political state-institutional structures, electoral dealignment and political competition, modes of interest representation, and internal dynamics. It is contended that attention to each of these can yield important insights into the conditions which have impacted on the electoral significance of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands. The final part of the thesis develops a new, ecologically informed approach to the emergence of green parties based primarily upon a reworking and synthesis of themes explored in previous chapters.
Subjects/Keywords: 320; Environmentalism
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Williams, M. (2000). Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sheffield. Retrieved from http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14789/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312291
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Williams, Mark. “Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands.” 2000. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Sheffield. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14789/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312291.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Williams, Mark. “Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands.” 2000. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Williams M. Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2000. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14789/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312291.
Council of Science Editors:
Williams M. Rethinking green parties : the emergence and electoral success of green parties in Austria, Britain and the Netherlands. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Sheffield; 2000. Available from: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14789/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312291
University of Georgia
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Gurung, Hari Bhagat.
Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior.
Degree: PhD, Anthropology, 2005, University of Georgia
URL: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/gurung_hari_b_200508_phd
► Anthropology has little studied everyday environmentalism in post-industrial societies. This dissertation research investigates variation in environmentalism as influenced by level of activism (laypersons, activist environmentalists,…
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▼ Anthropology has little studied everyday
environmentalism in post-industrial societies. This dissertation research investigates variation in
environmentalism as influenced by level of activism (laypersons, activist environmentalists, and non-activist environmentalists and science/environmental professionals), ethnicity, gender, age, and education in Clarke County, Georgia. Data were collected on seventy-nine individuals using slip-sorting, modified thematic apperceptions test, and semi-structured ethnographic interview methods. Level of activism and gender differences are observed in ecosystem, environmental state, and environmental protection orientations in the sample. Research participants volunteered twelve types of values. Consumptive, aesthetic, and ecological are the primary values. Level of
activism, ethnicity, gender, age, and education are important in explaining environmental value orientations in the sample. Although environmental concerns vary significantly by level of activism in the study sample, a general environmental concern is expressed. The concerns expressed and behaviors reported are invariant in the layperson sample as defined by ethnicity, age, and education. This finding is interesting in light of other findings in the social sciences, e.g., blacks rated lower than whites, inverse relationship between age and
environmentalism, and positive relationship between education and
environmentalism. Gender differences are observed. Males showed significantly higher levels of environmental concern than females, but they did not differ in proenvironmental behaviors. This indifference is due to pragmatic and home-oriented nature of females which predispose them to take pro-environmental behaviors. The environmental ethics held by the sample is ecological-anthropocentrism or utilitarian-conservationism. Contrary to the much publicized anti-ecological Christian ethics research participants invoked their Christian belief positively to express environmental beliefs, values, and concerns. These findings suggest positive attitude towards the environment. But, environmental concerns expressed are inadequately translated into action, especially in the
layperson sample. Data suggest low level of ecological/environmental knowledge in the layperson sample. Public policies/programs to enhance public environmental knowledge are important to reduce discrepancy between concern and action. Future research into the discrepancy in a social dilemma and cognitive dissonance theoretical frameworks is suggested. Religion as a potential influence on public
environmentalism has received insignificant attention in environmental research. Future research should study religion as an institution and a medium to achieve
environmental sustainability and human survivability.
Advisors/Committee Members: Robert E. Rhoades.
Subjects/Keywords: American environmentalism
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Gurung, H. B. (2005). Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/gurung_hari_b_200508_phd
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gurung, Hari Bhagat. “Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior.” 2005. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Georgia. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/gurung_hari_b_200508_phd.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gurung, Hari Bhagat. “Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior.” 2005. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Gurung HB. Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Georgia; 2005. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/gurung_hari_b_200508_phd.
Council of Science Editors:
Gurung HB. Everyday environmentalism in Clarke County, Georgia: an analysis of perception, concern, and behavior. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Georgia; 2005. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/gurung_hari_b_200508_phd
Dalhousie University
9.
Leeming, Mark Richard.
In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985.
Degree: PhD, Department of History, 2014, Dalhousie University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54085
► This dissertation traces the origins and development of environmental activism in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, from the late 1950s to 1990, with a…
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▼ This dissertation traces the origins and development
of environmental activism in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia,
from the late 1950s to 1990, with a central focus on the period
from 1970 to 1985, during which the structure of the lasting
movement took shape. The crucial events or issues that both
produced and molded the movement in Nova Scotia are discussed in
detail over three chapters of the dissertation. They include a
foray into nuclear energy promotion by the provincial government in
the 1970s, a set of controversies over chemical biocide use in
industrial forestry from 1975 to 1983, and a fight to prevent
uranium mining in the early 1980s. Each campaign brought activists
closer to recognizing the differences that divided them. The factor
that unites the three central controversies and the many others
that join them in this dissertation is the ideological content of
their history, specifically the progressive divergence of activist
organizations inspired by fundamentally different views of the
nature of environmental problems and the potential for their
solution within the existing modernist industrial society. It is
the tensions between the eco-modernist mainstream and the radical
minority that account in large part for the successes and failures
of activists in the province, as well as for the nature of their
interactions with governments, industries, and fellow activists
outside of Nova Scotia. Indeed, the relationship of centres and
peripheries – intraCanadian or intraprovincial – constitutes a
vital theme in explaining the origin of
environmentalism as well as
its fragmentation. This account of Nova Scotian environmental
activism addresses the common reality of
environmentalism in
Canada. As this research suggests, the country's
environmentalism
can only be understood, in any era, through the lens of its
provincial components and through an analysis that relies on
ideological difference as much as the material factors of social
movement mobilization.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Alan MacEachern (external-examiner), Dr. Colin Mitchell (graduate-coordinator), Dr. Jerry Bannister (thesis-reader), Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray (thesis-reader), Dr. Claire Campbell (thesis-supervisor), Received (ethics-approval), Not Applicable (manuscripts), Not Applicable (copyright-release).
Subjects/Keywords: history; environment; environmentalism; nova scotia
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Leeming, M. R. (2014). In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985. (Doctoral Dissertation). Dalhousie University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54085
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Leeming, Mark Richard. “In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Dalhousie University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54085.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Leeming, Mark Richard. “In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Leeming MR. In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Dalhousie University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54085.
Council of Science Editors:
Leeming MR. In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova
Scotia, 1970-1985. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Dalhousie University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54085
University of Tasmania
10.
Cianchi, JP.
I talked to my tree and my tree talked back: radical environmentalists and their relationships with nature.
Degree: 2013, University of Tasmania
URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17465/1/John_Cianchi_PhD_thesis.pdf
► This thesis is about the relationship between radical environmental activists and nature. It investigates whether, for forest and whaling activists, nature is experienced as an…
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▼ This thesis is about the relationship between radical environmental activists and nature. It investigates whether, for forest and whaling activists, nature is experienced as an active, as opposed to passive, participant in the construction and shaping of their identity and activism. Two research questions guide the investigation: what are radical environmental activists’ perspectives and lived experiences of nature, and what identity and meaning-making processes are involved in the relational dynamics between these activists and the nature they are defending?
The concepts ‘nature’, ‘self-identity’ and ‘more-than-human agency’ are developed into an analytical framework to support the investigation. A phenomenological perspective guides the inquiry’s focus on the research participants’ lived experiences of defending nature, their changing self-identities and the ways they construct meaning about their lifeworlds.
Forest activists engaged in direct action campaigns designed to prevent clear-felling of old growth forests in Tasmania, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society activists undertaking campaigns in the Southern Ocean to protect whales, participated in in depth qualitative interviews. A thematic analysis was employed that aims to uncover the phenomenological themes, or experiential elements, of the participants’ experiences.
The inquiry’s findings contribute to environmentalism scholarship and the study of nature-human relationships. They also demonstrate the need to appreciate the role of nature as an active contributor to activist self-identity and culture.
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental sociology; activism; nature; environmentalism
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cianchi, JP. “I talked to my tree and my tree talked back: radical environmentalists and their relationships with nature.” 2013. Thesis, University of Tasmania. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17465/1/John_Cianchi_PhD_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cianchi, JP. “I talked to my tree and my tree talked back: radical environmentalists and their relationships with nature.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Cianchi J. I talked to my tree and my tree talked back: radical environmentalists and their relationships with nature. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17465/1/John_Cianchi_PhD_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Cianchi J. I talked to my tree and my tree talked back: radical environmentalists and their relationships with nature. [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2013. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17465/1/John_Cianchi_PhD_thesis.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Minnesota
11.
Bosworth, Kai.
The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism.
Degree: PhD, Geography, 2018, University of Minnesota
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/200225
► Contestation of the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines gathered in resistance a coalition of progressives, farmers and ranchers, environmentalists, and Native Nations. While…
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▼ Contestation of the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines gathered in resistance a coalition of progressives, farmers and ranchers, environmentalists, and Native Nations. While these groups appear united in opposition to the pipeline, the principles and strategies of the grassroots at stake in this emergent environmental movement have been more heavily contested than recognized by existing literatures. While long-standing rifts certainly still exist between mainstream liberal environmental organizations and radical movements for environmental justice, I argue that the ideological field of contemporary environmentalism cannot be understood without taking into account the emergence of environmental populism. Populism is the ideology and political formation that takes “the people” as the principle and proper political actor. A mass movement of the people is positioned in opposition to corporations, corrupt institutions, and elites, all of whom trample upon their rights to participate and decide environmental futures. How does pipeline populism, as a collective social phenomenon, emerge from and transform contemporary ideologies of environmental politics? What consequences does it have for the political nexus of global climate chaos, racial capitalism, and ongoing settler colonialism? If we are right to think that only through people’s movements can we adequately and democratically address global climate change, scholars and activists alike must understand the underlying tensions in the desires and ideologies of what is meant to be “the people’s climate movement.” The People versus the Pipelines: Energy Infrastructure and Grassroots Ideology in North American Environmentalism addresses these questions by examining the internal tensions within populist ideologies in the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Iowa. Intervening in interdisciplinary environmental scholarship and political theories concerning the relationships among ideology and desire in populist politics, this project develops a conceptual and methodological framework that understands environmental populism as emerging from resentment towards dispossession, democratic public participation, and expert knowledges. Through interviews, participant observation, and cultural and media analysis, I demonstrate how environmentalist practices are shifting from appeals to state institutions toward a movement of the people. I argue that while environmental populism attempts to take leave of elitism, its aspirations to ground property, democracy, and expertise emerge from liberal affective infrastructures and congeal into a political activism that can reproduce Euro-American, settler colonial, and nationalist tropes. This research intervenes in interdisciplinary debates in environmental studies, political ecology, and political theory by questioning the role of environmentalism in sustaining a politics of exclusion through a left-populist ideology. I take up the complex problem of race and legacies of colonialism in movements against fossil fuels to demonstrate the sustained…
Subjects/Keywords: environmentalism; oil pipelines; populism
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Bosworth, K. (2018). The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/200225
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bosworth, Kai. “The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/11299/200225.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bosworth, Kai. “The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism.” 2018. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Bosworth K. The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2018. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/200225.
Council of Science Editors:
Bosworth K. The People versus the Pipelines: Energy infrastructure and liberal ideology in North American environmentalism. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/200225
University of New Mexico
12.
Goodman, Caroline.
Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears.
Degree: American Studies, 2016, University of New Mexico
URL: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/46
► This thesis explores how an inter-tribal coalition in Southern Utah is strategically mobilizing environmental ethics in order to guarantee access to tribal homelands. Facing serious…
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▼ This thesis explores how an inter-tribal coalition in Southern Utah is strategically mobilizing environmental ethics in order to guarantee access to tribal homelands. Facing serious threat from Anglo communities in Utah who use race and religion to produce themselves as the authentic local population, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition forges new kinds of alliances with environmental groups and appropriates conservation and preservation ethics in order to reclaim the land. Indigenous articulations of
environmentalism at Bears Ears disrupt the colonial temporal and spatial logics that undergird dominant American imaginaries of wilderness and antiquity, reattaching Native peoples to the land by centering Native American relationships to the natural world as indispensable to the future of preservation and conservation in the U.S. I employ a critical indigenous studies lens to critique how tribal governments contending with settler colonial politics of recognition strategically engage environmentalist rhetoric and align with conservation groups to assert an authentic indigeneity and guarantee their access to the land.
Advisors/Committee Members: Goldstein, Alyosha, Holscher, Kathleen, Debenport, Erin.
Subjects/Keywords: Indigenous; Settler Colonialism; Environmentalism
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Goodman, C. (2016). Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears. (Masters Thesis). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/46
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Goodman, Caroline. “Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of New Mexico. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/46.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Goodman, Caroline. “Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Goodman C. Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of New Mexico; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/46.
Council of Science Editors:
Goodman C. Reclaiming the Land: Indigenous Articulations of Environmentalism at Bears Ears. [Masters Thesis]. University of New Mexico; 2016. Available from: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/46
Southern Illinois University
13.
Wolf, Karen.
Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills.
Degree: PhD, Anthropology, 2014, Southern Illinois University
URL: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/867
► This dissertation examines conflicts involving the use of public land for both extractive resources and recreational purposes in Southern Illinois from an anthropological perspective.…
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▼ This dissertation examines conflicts involving the use of public land for both extractive resources and recreational purposes in Southern Illinois from an anthropological perspective. These conflicts are examined in terms of place, western ideas of nature and culture, and the debate concerning conservation versus preservation. The beginning point for this work was the question of whether or not place building influences conflicts over public land. The conflicts that this work encompasses are logging, hunting, use of off-road vehicles, equestrian, and hydraulic fracturing. My goal was to look at different recreational conflicts of Southern Illinois and determine how issues of place, nature and culture, and conservation versus preservation ethics play into those conflicts. What I found is that all of these factors are inextricably intertwined and that both sides of these conflicts are informed by the identities and place-making of those involved and the perception of those identities and places.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sutton, David.
Subjects/Keywords: Conflict; Environmentalism; Shawnee Illinois
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Wolf, K. (2014). Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills. (Doctoral Dissertation). Southern Illinois University. Retrieved from http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/867
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wolf, Karen. “Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Southern Illinois University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/867.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wolf, Karen. “Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Wolf K. Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Southern Illinois University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/867.
Council of Science Editors:
Wolf K. Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Southern Illinois University; 2014. Available from: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/867
Montana State University
14.
Quintia, Erin Anna.
Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects.
Degree: Graduate School, 2011, Montana State University
URL: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2089
► This research project examined personal environmental behaviors of high school freshman biology students who were exposed to environmental topics in class and participated in environmental…
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▼ This research project examined personal environmental behaviors of high school freshman biology students who were exposed to environmental topics in class and participated in environmental action projects. The effectiveness of classroom lessons and action projects on student's environmental behaviors were evaluated. The student's environmental awareness and voluntary environmental behaviors were monitored throughout the year by in class surveys, short answer responses, informal classroom discussions/interviews and teacher journals. Findings suggest that changing voluntary behaviors is not a quick and easy process. However, the researcher was able to see continued voluntary environmental behaviors in a portion of the students after the completion of action projects.
Advisors/Committee Members: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Peggy Taylor. (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism.; Biology.; High school students.
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Quintia, E. A. (2011). Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects. (Thesis). Montana State University. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2089
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Quintia, Erin Anna. “Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects.” 2011. Thesis, Montana State University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2089.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Quintia, Erin Anna. “Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Quintia EA. Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects. [Internet] [Thesis]. Montana State University; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2089.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Quintia EA. Impacting the environmental awareness and personal environmental behaviors of high school biology students through action projects. [Thesis]. Montana State University; 2011. Available from: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2089
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Deakin University
15.
Klas, Annamaria.
Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement.
Degree: School of Psychology, 2016, Deakin University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102817
► This thesis investigated whether the stereotypes that the general public held of environmentalists contributed to both their willingness to identify as one and their subsequent…
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▼ This thesis investigated whether the stereotypes that the general public held of environmentalists contributed to both their willingness to identify as one and their subsequent engagement in green consumerism. Findings confirmed that this was the case, indicating that perceptions of environmentalists must be considered when creating pro-environmental behaviour interventions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Zinkiewicz, Lucy, Zhou, Jin, Karantzas, Gery.
Subjects/Keywords: environmentalism; green consumerism; social identity
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Klas, A. (2016). Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement. (Thesis). Deakin University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102817
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Klas, Annamaria. “Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement.” 2016. Thesis, Deakin University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102817.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Klas, Annamaria. “Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Klas A. Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement. [Internet] [Thesis]. Deakin University; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102817.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Klas A. Pro-environmentalism: environmentalist social identity, environmentalist stereotypes, and green consumerism engagement. [Thesis]. Deakin University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30102817
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Cornell University
16.
Kraft, Brandon.
Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
.
Degree: 2016, Cornell University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44271
► There is little doubt that the increased reliance on both neoliberal policies and corporate voluntarism to achieve corporate sustainability has led stakeholders-e .g. investors, citizens,…
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▼ There is little doubt that the increased reliance on both neoliberal policies and corporate voluntarism to achieve corporate sustainability has led stakeholders-e .g. investors, citizens, and regulators-to rely on voluntary environmental disclosures. Stakeholders rely on disclosures as they attempt to hold corporations accountable for their environmental impacts. As corporations can use disclosures to strategically maintain economic and legitimacy resources, environmentalists and policymakers have grown skeptical of the link between disclosure and accountability. This skepticism inspires me to investigate: (1) the motivations for corporations' first voluntary environmental disclosures; (2) the variation in disclosure language; and (3) the potential repercussions of environmental disclosure. To understand the advent of and variation in environmental disclosure, I focus on a specific industry: electric utilities. In my first empirical chapter, I use an event history model to determine why utilities first began disclosing environmental information between 1960 and 1975. I find that corporations first acknowledged their environmental impacts in response to the environmental movements' activities that pressured legislators to create environmental regulations. In my second empirical chapter, I use a mixed-effects model to understand how stakeholder pressures influenced the materiality of utilities' climate disclosures between 2000 and 2010. My findings expose the role of monopolistic and oligopolistic competitive structures in shaping utilities' perceptions of stakeholder power. Specifically, I find that corporations increased the materiality of their disclosures in response to social movement activities-demonstrating growing perceptions of power. Finally, in my third chapter, I develop a theoretical framework that assists scholars in determining when and how voluntary environmental disclosures affect corporate resources. In this framework, I expose the importance of considering stakeholders' power, expectations, willingness to attribute responsibility, and sanctioning ability. In total, my research supports the argument that disclosures may be a tool for informing and shaping stakeholders' expectations-making sanctioning unlikely. These insights reinforce environmentalists' skepticism towards relying on disclosures to guarantee accountability for environmental degradation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Tolbert,Pamela S (committeeMember), Swedberg,Richard (committeeMember), Stedman,Richard Clark (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental Disclosure;
Corporate Environmentalism;
Accountability
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Kraft, B. (2016). Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
. (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44271
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Kraft, Brandon. “Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
.” 2016. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44271.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kraft, Brandon. “Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Kraft B. Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44271.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Kraft B. Disclosure In Pursuit Of Accountability: Studies On The Advent, Materiality, And Repercussions Of Utilities’ Environmental Disclosures
. [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/44271
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Oklahoma
17.
Pudlo, Jason M.
Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Oklahoma
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
► This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It…
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▼ This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It does so by probing the varieties of religiously motivated environmental stewardship and religious attitudes towards anthropogenic changes of nature. The dissertation also develops new methodological tools to better understand the role of faith during the Anthropocene.
The study employs a mixed-method approach which compares analysis of denominational proclamations about global warming with in-person clergy interviews and survey data collected from two American heartland states. The survey data primarily focuses on climate change, with genetically modified organisms as an additional example of humans altering the natural order. Unique to this dissertation are new measurements of Christian theologies about the human relationship with the created order, which clarify an enduring debate over religion and the environment.
In particular, theology encouraging dominion over nature has almost vanished from religious consciousness. Instead, the key theological distinction is between stewardship as resource management and stewardship as preservation. These theological distinctions help explain acceptance or resistance to anthropogenic changes to nature and they illuminate important differences in policy preferences around climate change, global warming, and other science-driven policy areas
Advisors/Committee Members: Hertzke, Allen (advisor), Gries, Peter (committee member), Jenkins-Smith, Hank (committee member), Robinson, Scott (committee member), Shortle, Allyson (committee member), Schleifer, Cyrus (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Politics; Religion; Environmentalism; Stewardship; Anthropocene
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Pudlo, J. M. (2017). Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pudlo, Jason M. “Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oklahoma. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pudlo, Jason M. “Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.” 2017. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Pudlo JM. Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2017. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880.
Council of Science Editors:
Pudlo JM. Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
California State University – Sacramento
18.
Barnett, Marcy A.
The good life revisited: the green American dream.
Degree: MA, Liberal Arts, 2012, California State University – Sacramento
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1482
► The belief that changes in personal behavior can save the planet has spawned a consumer movement that instills in receptive shoppers an imperative to buy…
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▼ The belief that changes in personal behavior can save the planet has spawned a consumer movement that instills in receptive shoppers an imperative to buy "green." Varying levels of adoption notwithstanding, the principles of sustainable living, including ???green??? consumerism, are imbued with the expectation that individual action will lead to a richer, fuller and better life in a cleaner and healthier world, what the author calls the Green American Dream. This version of the American dream is based on the premise that adoption of a more ecologically sound lifestyle will transform the country from a wasteful, materialistic society into a thoughtful and farsighted one that will care as much for future generations as for the present. Sources of data for the evidence of a Green American Dream as well as the commercial response to this dream include Jim Cullen???s The American Dream ??? a Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, the book that inspired this thesis, and marketing research on consumer attitudes and sales data for green consumer products.
The Green American Dream is one in a series of American dreams that began with the country???s European settlers and continues to evolve over time along with the definition of the ???good life.??? The Green Dream continues the traditional belief that propels Americans forward: the idea that life can be better, richer and fuller. The evolution of American dream speaks to its enduring power.
Advisors/Committee Members: Buckman, Alyson R..
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism; Consumerism; Environmental sustainability
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Barnett, M. A. (2012). The good life revisited: the green American dream. (Masters Thesis). California State University – Sacramento. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1482
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Barnett, Marcy A. “The good life revisited: the green American dream.” 2012. Masters Thesis, California State University – Sacramento. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1482.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Barnett, Marcy A. “The good life revisited: the green American dream.” 2012. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Barnett MA. The good life revisited: the green American dream. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1482.
Council of Science Editors:
Barnett MA. The good life revisited: the green American dream. [Masters Thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1482
Virginia Tech
19.
Camargo Palomino, Ana Maria.
Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho.
Degree: MA, Political Science, 2019, Virginia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90284
► Disproportionate exposure to toxic waste, proximity to highways and industry facilities, and lack of access to clean water and food, are some of the environmental…
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▼ Disproportionate exposure to toxic waste, proximity to highways and industry facilities, and lack of access to clean water and food, are some of the environmental justice issues that minority groups in the United States daily face daily. The term environmental justice has evolved with different approaches and lines of thought that built on of vulnerable communities’ mobilizations for social justice issues present in vulnerable communities. This study explores to what extent environmental justice issues in Latino communities are relevant to environmental and social organizations in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. Building on the existing literature on environmental justice and based on semi-structured interviews, this study finds that environmental justice issues are relevant to these organizations, but that social injustices, -a lack of political attention to this issue and a related absence of strategic funding and research hinder these organizations’ ability to address environmental justice issues.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poets, Desiree (committeechair), Daggett, Cara (committee member), Scerri, Andrew Joseph (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: environmental justice; social movements; environmentalism
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Camargo Palomino, A. M. (2019). Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. (Masters Thesis). Virginia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90284
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Camargo Palomino, Ana Maria. “Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho.” 2019. Masters Thesis, Virginia Tech. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90284.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Camargo Palomino, Ana Maria. “Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho.” 2019. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Camargo Palomino AM. Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90284.
Council of Science Editors:
Camargo Palomino AM. Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. [Masters Thesis]. Virginia Tech; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90284
Queens University
20.
Sheldrick, Catherine.
Putting a Price on Environmentalism: a Study of Mainstream Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Class
.
Degree: Sociology, 2013, Queens University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8315
► In this thesis I argue that within Canadian society, mainstream environmentalism has been constructed as a consumer-based activity that fundamentally excludes low income households and…
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▼ In this thesis I argue that within Canadian society, mainstream environmentalism has been constructed as a consumer-based activity that fundamentally excludes low income households and serves to support a capitalist economy. Historically, humans’ relationship to the environment has been based on economic benefit and so people readily accept this construction of environmentalism as it conforms to established social norms. Contemporary research has shown that eco-labeling is one of the primary marketing tools that give the impression of social structural change while keeping capitalism intact.
This thesis critically examines documents from three Canadian sources: the Toronto Star newspaper, the David Suzuki Foundation website, and the Canadian Government. By applying the theories of social constructionism and representation, I show that these documents and articles have multiple levels and meanings about environmentalism that favour the capitalist agenda. This analysis also identifies four main ways in which these sources contribute to and reinforce the exclusion of low income families from Canadian mainstream environmentalism: 1) sources primarily promote ‘green’ consumables and disregard the associated cost of these goods, 2) sources do not acknowledge the constraints associated with level of access to non-consumable green resources, 3) sources shape environmental problems as economic issues by focusing on corporations, and 4) increased time commitments associated with green behaviour are not acknowledged. These three sources would suggest that the current form of environmentalism, as a consumer based construct, exclude low income household in mainstream Canadian society. By illuminating some of the problems with the current construction of environmentalism, it becomes possible to construct new perspectives on environmentalism that are both effective and inclusive.
Subjects/Keywords: Consumerism;
Class;
Environmentalism;
Sociology
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. (Thesis). Queens University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8315
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sheldrick, Catherine. “Putting a Price on Environmentalism: a Study of Mainstream Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Class
.” 2013. Thesis, Queens University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8315.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sheldrick, Catherine. “Putting a Price on Environmentalism: a Study of Mainstream Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Class
.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Sheldrick C. Putting a Price on Environmentalism: a Study of Mainstream Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Class
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Queens University; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8315.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Sheldrick C. Putting a Price on Environmentalism: a Study of Mainstream Environmentalism, Consumerism, and Class
. [Thesis]. Queens University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8315
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Notre Dame
21.
Kyle William Beam.
Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2016, University of Notre Dame
URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/j3860576c06
► This study examines the philosophical and political principles informing radical environmental activism in the United States. The major groups that comprise this movement –…
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▼ This study examines the philosophical and
political principles informing radical environmental activism in
the United States. The major groups that comprise this movement –
Earth First!, the Earth and Animal Liberation Fronts, and the Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society – are united by a particularly
militant breed of ecocentrism: a commitment to defend the integrity
of wild nature by any means necessary, including illegal and
potentially violent tactics. This study is the first to depict
militant ecology as an intellectual as well as political movement,
one with its own theorists and philosophical antecedents, which
expresses a coherent and compelling alternative to the
philosophical and political outlook of modernity.
The first part focuses on the scientific,
metaphysical, religious, and anthropological principles informing
militant ecology activism. Comparisons with other schools of
contemporary green political thought show that, despite its
unsystematic nature, militant ecology offers the most consistent
articulation of an ecocentric political theory. However, the
movement is not monolithic in its interpretation of these
principles. For some activists, ecocentrism entails a commitment to
uphold the natural order and defend wilderness against human greed
and hubris, while others understand it as a call to end oppression
and fight for justice for all life on Earth – humans included. For
the purposes of this study, these two camps are described,
respectively, as ecowarriors and total
liberationists. The second half
examines the “future primitive” political program of militant
ecology. In the end, it is apparent that despite many valid
critiques of the contemporary political system, certain aspects of
the militant ecology program are incompatible with the movement’s
commitment to effective action in defense of wild nature.
Particular attention is devoted to the differences among total
liberationists and ecowarriors and determining which camp is more
consistent in its commitment to the principles of militant
ecocentrism. Though ecowarriors have been most frequently
criticized for their indifference to social justice, this study
concludes that it is in fact the total liberationist wing, with its
more anthropocentric focus and higher likelihood of co-optation by
the political left, that poses a greater threat to the radical core
of militant ecology.
Advisors/Committee Members: Debra Javeline, Committee Member, Celia Deane-Drummond, Committee Member, Ruth Abbey, Committee Member, Dana Villa, Research Director.
Subjects/Keywords: radical environmentalism; radical ecology; ecoterrorism; deep ecology; environmentalism
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Beam, K. W. (2016). Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/j3860576c06
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Beam, Kyle William. “Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Notre Dame. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://curate.nd.edu/show/j3860576c06.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Beam, Kyle William. “Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Beam KW. Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Notre Dame; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/j3860576c06.
Council of Science Editors:
Beam KW. Future Primitive: The Politics of Militant
Ecology</h1>. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Notre Dame; 2016. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/j3860576c06
University of Utah
22.
Shi, Xiao.
New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute.
Degree: MA, Asian Studies, 2010, University of Utah
URL: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd2/id/687/rec/814
► Environmental activism has emerged in China since the mid-1990s and environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) are becoming increasingly visible players in China‟s environmental politics, drawing hundreds…
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▼ Environmental activism has emerged in China since the mid-1990s and environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) are becoming increasingly visible players in China‟s environmental politics, drawing hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens intoenvironmental activities. Through a close look at the Greener Beijing Institute (GBI), this thesis examines how this grassroots group has developed in a gradual way and the characteristics of it in the context of Chinese political and social conditions. The thesisalso discusses the main campaigns GBI has carried out and what difficulties they have met with in the process to exemplify how the environmental movement actually operates in China. In conclusion, the thesis shows that Chinese ENGOs today tend to adopt a conciliatory style to raise public consciousness and expand the space for political participation. Nevertheless, the road ahead for China‟s ENGOs is still hard. They often lack necessary financial support, technical capacity and broad public participation.
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism; Green movement; China; Non-governmental organizations
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Shi, X. (2010). New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute. (Masters Thesis). University of Utah. Retrieved from http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd2/id/687/rec/814
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Shi, Xiao. “New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute.” 2010. Masters Thesis, University of Utah. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd2/id/687/rec/814.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Shi, Xiao. “New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute.” 2010. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Shi X. New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Utah; 2010. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd2/id/687/rec/814.
Council of Science Editors:
Shi X. New perspectives on the politics of Chinese environmental nongovernmental organizations: a case study of the Greener Beijing Institute. [Masters Thesis]. University of Utah; 2010. Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd2/id/687/rec/814
University of Tasmania
23.
Crowley, Catherine M.
Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale.
Degree: 1994, University of Tasmania
URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19621/1/whole_CrowleyCatherineM1995_thesis.pdf
► It is argued that the realisation of ecopolitical values, interests and demands is inevitably constrained by material interests within advanced industrial societies. The policy environment…
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▼ It is argued that the realisation of ecopolitical values, interests and
demands is inevitably constrained by material interests within advanced
industrial societies. The policy environment in the state of Tasmania is
examined, and both a traditional affirmation and accommodation of the
goals of industrial development, and a resistance to the more recent
ecopolitical challenge to established state interests is found. However, a
review of four key environmental disputes finds that the politics of
ecology ('ecopolitics'), despite routine constraint by material interests,
continues to defy predictions of its inevitable demise as a 'single issue',
and continues to gain ground as an ideological force in Tasmania.
In reviewing the capacity of environmentalists to realise their aims
(i) the nature and significance of the ecopolitical challenge is considered;
(ii) ideological contention as a constraint in the realisation of ecopolitical
interests is examined; (iii) the limits of state response to ecopolitical
demands are reviewed; (iv) the political expression of conflicting values
over two decades of Tasmanian ecopolitical conflict are examined; and (v)
the Tasmanian tradition of underwriting industrial development is
found to have acted as a 'policy paradigm' confining state action on
environmental issues. A policy based framework of analysis is adopted
that acknowledges ideological, political and institutional constraints, and
is informed by (i) ecopolitical theory, given the deficiencies of traditional
policy analysis in capturing the nature of the ecopolitical challenge, and
(ii) power analysis in addressing policy constraint. -This framework
recognises ecopolitics as a struggle between value contenders, and
ecopolitical demands as potentially limited by the constraining influence
of dominant values and industrial interests. This framework is applied to analysis of the Lake Pedder, Franklin
River, Electrona silicon smelter and Wesley Vale pulp mill disputes.
These disputes are detailed in Chapter Four, then reviewed in Chapter
Five in terms of the nature of the environmental values at stake, the
accommodation or frustration of these values, and the actions of the state
in resolving the disputes. Whilst the ecopolitical challenge is not found
to have been contained in Tasmania, environmental demands are
nevertheless found to have been constrained by material values, the
accommodation of industrial interests, and the institutionalisation of the
traditional pursuits of development and resource exploitation.
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental policy; Environmentalism
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Crowley, C. M. (1994). Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale. (Thesis). University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19621/1/whole_CrowleyCatherineM1995_thesis.pdf
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Crowley, Catherine M. “Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale.” 1994. Thesis, University of Tasmania. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19621/1/whole_CrowleyCatherineM1995_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Crowley, Catherine M. “Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale.” 1994. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Crowley CM. Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 1994. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19621/1/whole_CrowleyCatherineM1995_thesis.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Crowley CM. Power & environmental policy : Tasmanian ecopolitics from Pedder to Wesley Vale. [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 1994. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19621/1/whole_CrowleyCatherineM1995_thesis.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
24.
Konik, Inge.
A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse.
Degree: MPhil, Faculty of Arts, 2009, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016201
► Certain prominent environmental theorists have accounted for and/or addressed our unmitigated environmentally damaging behavior in cognitive terms, related to a common (misplaced) belief that economic…
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▼ Certain prominent environmental theorists have accounted for and/or addressed our unmitigated environmentally damaging behavior in cognitive terms, related to a common (misplaced) belief that economic development and technological advancement, among other contemporary processes, will solve our environmental problems. However, I argue that they have not given due consideration to the complex (predominantly non-cognitive/non-conscious) discursive constitution of the individual, and thus seem to adhere to a Kantian notion of autonomy that overlooks such non-cognitive factors. Focusing on this non-cognitive aspect of discursive constitution, I ascribe our ecological apathy mainly to the fact that we have been discursively constituted as docile bodies and prostrate subjects. Further, I argue that, because this process of discursive constitution is primarily non-cognitive, any attempts to remedy our ecological apathy at a cognitive level alone will not be completely effective.
Consequently, I propose that a more effective way of fostering pro-environmental dispositions may be for individuals to engage in an ethic/culture of the self that is not exclusively conceptual in orientation, and which is centered on the practice of a counter-discourse that does not constitute the individual as docile and prostrate nor negate the individual’s dependence on the environment. Alternatively, in order to engender pro-environmental civilizational change, it may be necessary to operate within the discursive parameters of dominant/popular institutions, in order to incrementally alter the discourses employed within, and disseminated through, these institutions, in a manner that would lead to the problematization, rather than the endorsement, of the ecologically deleterious technological, political and economic trajectories of our time.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hurst, A M Dr, Olivier, B Prof.
Subjects/Keywords: Environmentalism; Environmental policy; Environmental management – Social aspects
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Konik, I. (2009). A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse. (Masters Thesis). Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016201
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Konik, Inge. “A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse.” 2009. Masters Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016201.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Konik, Inge. “A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse.” 2009. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Konik I. A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University; 2009. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016201.
Council of Science Editors:
Konik I. A foucaultian critique of the conception of individual subjectivity within contemporary environmental discourse. [Masters Thesis]. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016201
University of Minnesota
25.
Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew.
Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States.
Degree: PhD, American Studies, 2013, University of Minnesota
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175327
► My dissertation uses the "peak oil" movement as a lens to analyze the convergence of apocalyptic environmental thinking and libertarian political culture in the recent…
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▼ My dissertation uses the "peak oil" movement as a lens to analyze the convergence of apocalyptic environmental thinking and libertarian political culture in the recent United States. The "peak oil" movement was a twenty-first century American social movement of Americans who came to believe that oil depletion and other environmental problems would lead to the imminent collapse of global industrial society. Dedicated adherents developed a rich subculture, primarily online, and prepared themselves for the "post-carbon" future by conserving energy, changing occupations, and even purchasing land. Drawing on surveys of over 1,500 participants, ethnographic research, discourse analysis of peak oil websites and literary analysis of subcultural fiction, my research reveals a group of mostly white, male, liberal Americans struggling with the perceived threat of economic, environmental and geopolitical decline while the country undergoes a broad shift in political culture: the continued rise of libertarian ideals, accelerated by the influence of Internet technology. I view this apocalyptic subculture in the context of petroleum dependence, eco-apocalyptic discourses, the environmental discourse of "limits to growth," white masculinity, climate change, and the influence of conservative individualism on American political culture.
Subjects/Keywords: Apocalypse; Energy; Environmentalism; Libertarianism; Masculinity; Sustainability
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Schneider-Mayerson, M. (2013). Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175327
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew. “Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175327.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew. “Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Schneider-Mayerson M. Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175327.
Council of Science Editors:
Schneider-Mayerson M. Peak Politics: Resource Scarcity and Libertarian Political Culture in the United States. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175327
26.
Smith, Erika L.
The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender.
Degree: Thesis (M.S.), 2011, Ball State University
URL: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194976
► An increased interest in environmental concern has been embraced within the consumer market, particularly in the apparel market. As such, environmentally friendly clothing items are…
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▼ An increased interest in environmental concern has been embraced within the consumer market, particularly in the apparel market. As such, environmentally friendly clothing items are becoming more prevalent in the mainstream consumer market. In order to better understand factors relating to environmental concern and environmental apparel knowledge, this study compared students’ environmental orientation and environmental apparel knowledge depending on college major and gender, and identified attitudes and perceptions of environmentally friendly clothing at a university located in the Midwestern area in the United States. Results indicated that some majors, particularly those grouped as Environmentally Related majors differed from other major groups. Gender was found not to make a difference in either environmental orientation or environmental apparel knowledge in this study. Attitudes and perceptions about environmental friendly clothing were evaluated. In addition, some attitudes and perceptions were found to be correlated with scores relating to environmental orientation and apparel knowledge.
Advisors/Committee Members: Nam, Jinhee (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Clothing and dress; College students – Attitudes; Environmentalism
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Smith, E. L. (2011). The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender. (Masters Thesis). Ball State University. Retrieved from http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194976
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Smith, Erika L. “The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Ball State University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194976.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Smith, Erika L. “The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Smith EL. The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Ball State University; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194976.
Council of Science Editors:
Smith EL. The differences between students’ knowledge of environmental apparel and environmental worldview based on college major and gender. [Masters Thesis]. Ball State University; 2011. Available from: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194976
Humboldt State University
27.
Maksim, Jennifer Ann.
Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse.
Degree: MA, Social Science: Environment and Community, 2013, Humboldt State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1519
► Population discourse has been woven throughout the Sierra Club rhetoric and evolved into an internal, yet public debate over the Sierra???s Club???s immigration policy. This…
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▼ Population discourse has been woven throughout the Sierra Club rhetoric and evolved into an internal, yet public debate over the Sierra???s Club???s immigration policy. This debate generated moments that reproduce systems of power as well as spurred anti-immigration
environmentalism. This research is an intersectional feminist genealogy of population discourse that reveals how rhetoric and representation get articulated through the Sierra Club. This genealogy is informed through the investigation of public artifacts generated from the Sierra Club. Rigorous content analysis of this discourse brings attention to an ideology that objectifies and seeks to control bodies of color, particularly women. By focusing on fertility and the ???other,??? the actual detrimental root causes of ecological degradation goes missing. This thesis is an attempt to provide a moment of resistance in a dominant discourse that maintains and reproduces racism and sexism, as well as other forms of oppression, within United States
environmentalism.
Advisors/Committee Members: Schnurer, Maxwell.
Subjects/Keywords: Sierra Club; Population; Immigration; Environmentalism; Intersectional feminism
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Maksim, J. A. (2013). Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse. (Masters Thesis). Humboldt State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1519
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Maksim, Jennifer Ann. “Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse.” 2013. Masters Thesis, Humboldt State University. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1519.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Maksim, Jennifer Ann. “Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Maksim JA. Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Humboldt State University; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1519.
Council of Science Editors:
Maksim JA. Birth control, borders and the bomb: an intersectional feminist genealogy of Sierra Club population discourse. [Masters Thesis]. Humboldt State University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2148/1519
University of Southern California
28.
Bachler, Katharine Dunham.
Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology.
Degree: Master of Public Art Studies, Public Art Studies, 2010, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/331404/rec/4335
► Through a theoretical and historical exploration of the contemporary environmental works of Marjetica Potrc, Fritz Haeg, Bonnie Sherk, and Mark Dion, I will consider these…
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▼ Through a theoretical and historical exploration of
the contemporary environmental works of Marjetica Potrc, Fritz
Haeg, Bonnie Sherk, and Mark Dion, I will consider these artists’
role in an ecology movement that positions humans and nature as a
part of the same system in which the only way to change the world
is to understand it. These works inhabit a site-specific
environmentalism, a connection to the local, and a manifestation in
situations that do not require the artist’s presence. As prototypes
that can be reproduced anywhere, the works are not about art
objects, but about ways of relating through objects. In engaging
with these works, we become participants in creating and
perpetuating a knowledge system about nature and the
environment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Anastas, Rhea (Committee Chair), Ulke, Christina (Committee Member), Bray, Anne (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: aesthetics; environmentalism; social practice; ecology; nature
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Bachler, K. D. (2010). Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology. (Masters Thesis). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/331404/rec/4335
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bachler, Katharine Dunham. “Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology.” 2010. Masters Thesis, University of Southern California. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/331404/rec/4335.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bachler, Katharine Dunham. “Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology.” 2010. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Bachler KD. Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/331404/rec/4335.
Council of Science Editors:
Bachler KD. Nature is as nature does: recent sustainable artists and the
practice of local ecology. [Masters Thesis]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/331404/rec/4335
University of Sydney
29.
Hancock, Rosemary Joy.
Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
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Degree: 2015, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14655
► This thesis examines Muslim environmental activism in the United States and Great Britain, utilising a theoretical framework of social movement theory. Through interviews with Muslim…
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▼ This thesis examines Muslim environmental activism in the United States and Great Britain, utilising a theoretical framework of social movement theory. Through interviews with Muslim environmentalists, supported by textual data produced by Islamic environmental organisations, the thesis analyses the way Muslim environmentalists frame environmental crises, how they motivate and sustain their activism through emotion and identity work, and their use of ‘moderate’ forms of activism. Islamic environmentalism has not received due academic attention from social movement theorists or Islamic studies scholars. The thesis contributes to the literature on social movements by testing the theory in new ground: Islamic environmental activism is simultaneously a religious movement and a secular movement, and this offers interesting avenues for theorising on the role of religion in social movements. The thesis also contributes to Islamic studies literature: although there is a very small body of academic work on Islamic environmentalism, none apply social movement theory to this area.
The thesis argues Muslim environmentalists are drawn into activism through (i) affective ties to friends, romantic partners, and charismatic leaders, and (ii) due to a strong sense of religious duty that stems from a very particular, environmental understanding of Islamic scripture and practice. Secondly, the thesis demonstrates the importance of ‘group culture’ for attracting and retaining committed activists. Finally, the thesis contends that Muslim environmentalists demonstrate a synthesis of political activism and religious practice. Religious ritual, symbolism, and narrative are incorporated into political action in such a way that activism becomes religious practice.
Subjects/Keywords: Islam;
Muslim;
Environmentalism;
Social Movement Theory;
Activism
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Hancock, R. J. (2015). Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14655
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hancock, Rosemary Joy. “Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
.” 2015. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed January 26, 2020.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14655.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hancock, Rosemary Joy. “Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
.” 2015. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Hancock RJ. Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14655.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hancock RJ. Muslims Going Green: Islamic Environmental Activism in the United States and Great Britain
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14655
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Montana Tech
30.
Stacy, Ian Robert.
The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West.
Degree: PhD, 2013, Montana Tech
URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1036
► Historians of the American West have long identified the federal government's important role in shaping the region's physical and social landscapes, especially concerning water development.…
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▼ Historians of the American West have long identified the federal government's important role in shaping the region's physical and social landscapes, especially concerning water development. The Bureau of Reclamation, which built most of the West's major dams and water projects, traces its origins back to the 1902 Reclamation Act and since then has seen its share of political upheavals and colorful personalities. But one figure towers over all: Floyd Dominy, who served as commissioner from 1959 to 1969. By following the career of this one influential bureaucrat from the Great Depression to the end of the Great Society, I show that the federal government's relationship with the West – and thus the relationship of westerners to their government – cannot be isolated from national political and social trends. My dissertation connects the literature of American state building with the insights of the New Western History and argues that the Bureau of Reclamation's true role in shaping the twentieth-century American West can only be understood in the context of a Washington bureaucracy struggling to survive through a turbulent period. "The Last Conservationist" traces the arc of American liberalism from the New Deal to the final fracturing of Western political solidarity over water issues in the late 1960s. From this perspective, federal reclamation policy is less of an imperial endeavor than a largely unsuccessful effort to hold together various western factions in the face of diminished budgets and changing social priorities. This view also highlights the control and participation of local groups, often at the expense of federal desires.
Subjects/Keywords: dams; environmentalism; Floyd Dominy; recreation; water politics
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Stacy, I. R. (2013). The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West. (Doctoral Dissertation). Montana Tech. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1036
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Stacy, Ian Robert. “The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Montana Tech. Accessed January 26, 2020.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1036.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Stacy, Ian Robert. “The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2020.
Vancouver:
Stacy IR. The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Montana Tech; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 26].
Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1036.
Council of Science Editors:
Stacy IR. The Last Conservationist: Floyd Dominy and Federal Reclamation Policy in the American West. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Montana Tech; 2013. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1036
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