Advances in ecopolitics. Vol. 2

Since the 17th century people have sought out utopias, establishing communities towards this aim. In the UK and US, educational institutions and planned communes were developed. Many were seeking to establish green alternative lifestyles or agrarian co operatives. Others reclaimed land or settled in...

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Other Authors Barry, John, 1966-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2008.
SeriesAdvances in ecopolitics.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781780526690
ISSN2041-806X
DOI10.1108/S2041-806X(2008)2
Physical Description1 online resource (i, 117 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Ecofeminism and a politics of performative affinity : direct action, subaltern voices, and the green public sphere / Chaone Mallory
  • Transition towns : 'survival', 'resilience' and sustainable communities : outline of a research agenda / Stephen Quilley
  • Environmental exploitation : an analysis and taxonomy / Gerald Nagtzaam
  • Return to the villages / Mark Somma
  • Green Ireland? : waste in its social context / Michael Murray
  • The dilemma of justice : foreign oil multinationals and human rights violation in the Niger Delta of Nigeria / Victor Ojakorotu
  • Commentary : the Irish Green Party and the referendum for the EU reform treaty of Lisbon / Liam Leonard
  • Commentary : 'A letter from Bali', J. Timmons Roberts, College of William and Mary US / Peter Doran.