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Autore |
Hoberg George |
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Titolo |
The resistance dilemma : place-based movements and the climate crisis / / George Hoberg |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2021] |
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ISBN |
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0-262-36715-7 |
0-262-36716-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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American and comparative environmental policy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmentalism - North America |
Environmental sociology - North America |
Environmental policy - North America - Citizen participation |
Climate change mitigation - North America |
Climatic changes - Government policy - North America |
Renewable energy sources - Environmental aspects - North America |
North America Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The grand challenge : mobilizing to address the climate crisis -- The oil sands policy regime : resource, markets, politics -- The oil sands policy regime : ideas, institutions, and environmental policies -- Keystone XL and the rise of the anti-pipeline movement -- The Northern Gateway Pipeline : the continental divide in energy politics -- Trans Mountain expansion project : the politics of structure -- After careful review of changed circumstances : the demise of Energy East / co-authored with Xavier Deschè‚nes-Philion -- The impact of pipeline resistance -- Site C Dam and the political barriers to renewable energy -- How resistance to renewable energy infrastructure might frustrate climate solutions -- Overcoming place-based resistance to renewable energy infrastructure. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The book focuses on a strategic choice by the North American wing of the global climate movement: to ally themselves with place-based interests, including Indigenous groups, to block new coal plants, coal port expansion, fracking, and more recently, oil sands pipelines. The |
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