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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793652303321

Autore

Rasheed Sadig

Titolo

Democracy And Environmental Movements In Eastern Europe : A Comparative Study Of Hungary And Russia / / by Sadig Rasheed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2019]

©1999

ISBN

0-429-72135-8

0-429-04038-5

0-429-70134-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 pages)

Disciplina

363.70947

Soggetti

Environmentalism - Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- "A Little Bit to the East from the West and a Little Bit to the West from the East": Democratic Development in Hungary -- The Historical Absence of a Democratic Tradition: the Case of Russia -- Pluralism, Opposition and Civil Society in Soviet-Type Regimes: in Conceptual Debates and in Practice -- Hungarian Environmental Movements: Case Studies and Analysis -- Environmental Movements in Russia -- Local and National Authorities Versus Environmental Movements: the Hungarian Case -- Local and National Authorities Versus Environmental Movements: the Russian Case -- A Comparison of Russian and Hungarian Environmental Movements -- The Relevance of Western Theories in Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Democracy and Environmental Movements in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study of Hungary and Russia is a systematic comparison of environmental activism and more broadly, collective democratic action in two former state socialist societies. Based on extensive research, Katy Pickvance offers us a study in contrasts.