1.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0305458

Autore

Chant, Sylvia H.

Titolo

Gender, generation and poverty : exploring the feminisation of poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America / Sylvia Chant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham [etc.], : Edward Elgar, ©2007

Descrizione fisica

XXIV, 428 p. : ill., c. geogr. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

305.4896942091724

Soggetti

Donne

Paesi in via di sviluppo

Povertà

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783609703321

Autore

Wall Derek

Titolo

Earth First! and the anti-roads movement : radical environmentalism and comparative social movements / / Derek Wall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-65579-7

1-134-65580-0

1-280-19556-8

0-203-26346-4

0-203-01068-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

333.77

363.7/0576

Soggetti

Environmentalism

Green movement

Political ecology

Environmentalism - Citizen participation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Earth First!, profits last; no more roads!; Car wars; The origins of Earth First!; Twyford, other tribes and other trials; Activist identity; Political opportunities and direct action; Culture, ideology and the anti-roads movement; Globalised greens; The preferred way of doing things; Appendix: Contact addresses; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Earth First! is one of the most controversial and well known green movements in the world and the driving force behind the anti-road campaigns of the 1990's, made famous by sabotage tactics. Detailed accounts of major anti-road campaigns both in the UK and internationally are included, describing confrontations at Twyford, Newbury, Glasgow, the Autobahn in Germany, and information on the international spread of the Earth First! movement, with details of campaigns in Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, Holland and Eastern Europe.  Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement traces the origins