American Environmentalism: The US Environmental Movement, 1970-1990

by Dunlap,Riley E.

• ISBN13: 9780844817309
• ISBN10: 0844817309
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-04-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

This work aims to provide an overview of the progress of the US environmentalist movement over the last 20 years. It asks why environmentalism has been able to avoid the fate of most short-lived movements and how it has changed since the first

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Evolution of the U.S. Environmental Movement from 1970 to 1990: An Overview	1	(10)
Riley E. Dunlap
Angela G. Mertig
The Emergence of the U.S. Environmental Movement: A Brief History	1	(2)
The Natural History of Social Movements	3	(1)
The Stages of Modern Environmentalism	4	(1)
Increased Diversity: Strength or Weakness?	5	(3)
Conclusion: When Is a Movement Successful?	8	(1)
Notes	8	(1)
References	9	(2)
Twenty Years of Environmental Mobilization: Trends Among National Environmental Organizations	11	(16)
Robert Cameron Mitchell
Angela G. Mertig
Riley E. Dunlap
Evolution of the National Environmental Organizations	12	(7)
Activities of National Organizations	19	(4)
What Success Has Meant for the National Organizations	23	(1)
Conclusion	24	(1)
Notes	24	(1)
References	25	(2)
Not in Our Backyards: The Grassroots Environmental Movement	27	(12)
Nicholas Freudenberg
Carol Steinsapir
Description of the Grassroots Environmental Movement	28	(3)
Shared Perspectives Among Grassroots Environmentalists	31	(1)
Comparison with the National Environmental Organizations	32	(1)
Accomplishments of the Grassroots Environmental Movement	33	(2)
The Future: From NIMBY to NIABY	35	(1)
References	35	(4)
The Quest for Environmental Equity: Mobilizing the African-American Community for Social Change	39	(12)
Robert D. Bullard
Beverly H. Wright
The Environmental Justice Movement	40	(1)
The Attraction of Environmental Justice	41	(2)
Case Studies from the Southern United States	43	(2)
Environmental Conflict Resolution	45	(2)
Conclusion	47	(1)
Acknowledgment	48	(1)
References	48	(3)
Deep Ecology and Radical Environmentalism	51	(12)
Bill Devall
Deep Ecology	52	(2)
Deep Ecology and Green Politics	54	(1)
Deep Ecology and Radical Environmentalism	55	(2)
Radical Environmental Movements	57	(2)
Trends in Radical Environmentalism	59	(2)
Notes	61	(1)
References	61	(2)
Globalizing Environmentalism: Threshold of a New Phase in International Relations	63	(14)
Lynton K. Caldwell
Legitimizing Global Environmentalism: The Legacy of Stockholm	64	(3)
Globalizing Popular Concern	67	(5)
Implementing Global Environmentalism: Political and Institutional Challenges	72	(2)
Notes	74	(1)
References	75	(2)
Twenty Years of Change in the Environmental Movement: An Insider's View	77	(12)
Michael McCloskey
Ideology	77	(3)
Issues	80	(1)
Strategies	81	(1)
Tactics	82	(1)
How the National Organizations Have Changed	83	(2)
Challenges Ahead	85	(3)
Notes	88	(1)
References	88	(1)
Trends in Public Opinion Toward Environmental Issues: 1965--1990	89	(28)
Riley E. Dunlap
The Natural Decline Model	90	(1)
Trends in Public Concern for Environmental Quality	91	(15)
Public Perceptions of Ecological Problems in the 1980s	106	(6)
Summary and Implications	112	(2)
Notes	114	(1)
References	115	(2)
Index	117	(6)
About the Editors	123