Gaia's Wager: Environmental Movements and the Challenge of SustainabilityRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001 - 255 pages Can environmentalism evolve into a powerful social movement that transforms human practices in ways that are ecologically sustainable? Gary C. Bryner contends that it is in our self-interest as a species to ensure that environmental movements coalesce in the service of sustainability. From the very first Earth Day to the setting of Agenda 21 for the new millennium, this book traces the actors, the issues, and the institutions involved in moving environmentalism from a loose collection of fuzzy groups and goals to a new global force for change. Will the next phase of environmental action resemble the WTO protests in Seattle, the UN Kyoto Protocols, or a Think Tank inside the Washington Beltway? Gaia's Wager shows that movements play an important role between political parties and interest groups on the domestic scene and the unruly forces of globalization internationally. Only social movements can catalyze a response to the global environmental threat that has a chance of both capturing imaginations and institutionalizing progress toward environmental sustainability. Above all, Gaia's Wager bets on the confluence of big ideas and social action to yield a more hopeful environmental future. |
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Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability Gary C. Bryner. 4 The Global Environmental Movement A tremendous amount of global activity has focused on environmental is- sues since 1970. The 1992 Stockholm and 1992 Rio de ...
Environmental Movements and the Challenge of Sustainability Gary C. Bryner. 4 The Global Environmental Movement A tremendous amount of global activity has focused on environmental is- sues since 1970. The 1992 Stockholm and 1992 Rio de ...
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... global environmental problem can be understood , at least for now , in terms of national self - interest , a final question raised here is the adequacy of current institutions to bring nation - states together to recog- nize and protect ...
... global environmental problem can be understood , at least for now , in terms of national self - interest , a final question raised here is the adequacy of current institutions to bring nation - states together to recog- nize and protect ...
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... Environmental Impov- erishment , and the Crisis of Development ( Boston : Beacon Press , 1994 ) ; Kevin Dana- her ... Global Warming , Climate - Change Mitigation , and the Birth of a Regulatory Regime , " Environmental Law Reporter vol ...
... Environmental Impov- erishment , and the Crisis of Development ( Boston : Beacon Press , 1994 ) ; Kevin Dana- her ... Global Warming , Climate - Change Mitigation , and the Birth of a Regulatory Regime , " Environmental Law Reporter vol ...
Contents
Assessing Environmental Politics | 1 |
Environmentalism in the United States | 31 |
A Comparative Perspective | 67 |
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