03153oam 22005774a 450 991077737170332120230710211659.00-262-26165-00-262-26940-61-4237-3083-6(CKB)1000000000000475(OCoLC)49707787(CaPaEBR)ebrary2001046(SSID)ssj0000100274(PQKBManifestationID)11140563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100274(PQKBWorkID)10036567(PQKB)11737346(MiAaPQ)EBC3338445(OCoLC)62144738(OCoLC)49707787(OCoLC)842263501(OCoLC)871961288(OCoLC)923249903(OCoLC)961629711(OCoLC)962615690(OCoLC)988427720(OCoLC)991949641(OCoLC)1037477364(OCoLC)1037901169(OCoLC)1038659364(OCoLC)1045444645(OCoLC)1055357478(OCoLC)1081295217(OCoLC)1083600320(OCoLC-P)62144738(MaCbMITP)1158(Au-PeEL)EBL3338445(CaPaEBR)ebr2001046(OCoLC)923249903(EXLCZ)99100000000000047520051025h20002000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgency, democracy, and nature the U.S. environmental movement from a critical theory perspective /Robert J. BrulleCambridge, Mass. MIT Press2000©20001 online resource (x, 347 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-02480-2 0-262-52281-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-341) and index.Annotation In this book Robert Brulle draws on a broad range of empirical and theoretical research to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. environmental groups. Brulle shows how Critical Theory--in particular the work of Jürgen Habermas--can expand our understanding of the social causes of environmental degradation and the political actions necessary to deal with it. He then develops both a pragmatic and a moral argument for broad-based democratization of society as a prerequisite to the achievement of ecological sustainability. From the perspectives of frame analysis, resource mobilization, and historical sociology, using data on more than one hundred environmental groups, Brulle examines the core beliefs, structures, funding, and political practices of a wide variety of environmental organizations. He identifies the social processes that foster the development of a democratic environmental movement and those that hinder it. He concludes with suggestions for how environmental groups can make their organizational practices more democratic and politically effective.EnvironmentalismUnited StatesHistoryEnvironmentalismHistory.333.7/0973Brulle Robert J1554174OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910777371703321Agency, democracy, and nature3815253UNINA