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In recent decades, environmental issues have increasingly been incorporated into liberal democratic thought and political practice. Environmentalism and ecologism have become fashionable, even respectable schools of political thought. This apparently successful integration of environmental movements, issues and ideas in mainstream politics raises the question of whether there is a future for what once was a counter-movement and counter-ideology. Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism provides a reflective assessment of recent developments, social relevance and future of environmental.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Visions of the Environment -- Chapter 2 Rethinking the Way We Think -- Chapter 3 From Free Grass to Fences -- Chapter 4 From Barbed Wire to Red Tape -- Chapter 5 Bureaucracy versus Environment-The Beat Goes On -- Chapter 6 Inside Our Outdoor Policy -- Chapter 7 Ecology and Energy: Prospecting for Harmony -- Chapter 8 Priming the Invisible Pump -- Chapter 9 Homesteading the Oceans -- Chapter 10 Marketing Garbage: The Solution to Pollution -- Chapter 11 Calling on Communities -- Chapter 12 Taking Free Market Environmentalism Global -- Chapter 13 Purity versus Pragmatism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Direct Action in British Environmentalism is the fulllest scholarly analysis available of this phenomenon. It is essential reading for students of politics and environmental studies.

Focusing on both problems and solutions, this authoritative reference work maintains a healthy balance between science and the social sciences in its coverage of all aspects of the environment. The book is arranged alphabetically and is divided into three major sections: Ecology, Pollution, and Sustainability. The list of 240 contributors reads like a who's who of the world's leading conservation and environmental professionals. Best Reference Source Outstanding Reference Source.