03012nam 2200721 450 991046450570332120200520144314.01-317-16342-71-317-16341-91-4094-5587-4(CKB)3710000000079081(EBL)1589603(SSID)ssj0001080420(PQKBManifestationID)11613430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001080420(PQKBWorkID)11069094(PQKB)10807419(MiAaPQ)EBC1589603(MiAaPQ)EBC5293957(Au-PeEL)EBL1589603(CaPaEBR)ebr10821432(CaONFJC)MIL924661(OCoLC)867929021(Au-PeEL)EBL5293957(CaONFJC)MIL578363(OCoLC)1027203560(EXLCZ)99371000000007908120130717h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommunity gardening as social action /Claire NettleFarnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT :Ashgate Publishing Company,[2014]©20141 online resource (273 p.)Transforming environmental politics and policyDescription based upon print version of record.1-306-47112-5 1-4094-5586-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Community Gardening: From Leisure to Social Action; 2 Garden Views: Seeing Community Gardens as Sites of Social Change; 3 Theorising Collective Action; 4 Community Gardening as Activism; 5 In The Garden; 6 Growing Community; 7 Producing Culture; 8 Creation: The Politics of Direct Action and Prefiguration; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexDrawing on case studies and social movement theory Claire Nettle provides a new empirical and theoretical understanding of community gardening by applying a contextual framework that considers the activity as a way for people to engage in collective social action. Through this a richer, more complete understanding of community gardening as a form of social activity and of its potential contributions to activism, community, democracy and culture can be reached.Transforming Environmental Politics and PolicyCommunity gardensSocial actionCollective behaviorEnvironmentalismElectronic books.Community gardens.Social action.Collective behavior.Environmentalism.635Nettle Claire955219MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464505703321Community gardening as social action2160676UNINA