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GIVING SOME 20 PER CENT OF TASMINIA'S LAND SURFACE WORLD HERITAGE STATUS HAS CREATED MAJOR TENSIONS IN THE POLITICS OF THIS AUSTRALIAN STATES, WHERE THE WORLD'S FIRST GREEN PARTY WAS BORN. WITHIN THESE TENSIONS, THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE WHO HITHERTO USED THE WILD PLACES FOR 'INTERVENTIONIST' RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ONE HAND AND THE PROPONENTS OF WORLD HERITAGE LISTING ON THE OTHER PORTRAYS IN DRAMATIC MINIATURE THE ESSENCE OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GREEN PARADIGMATIC ASSUMPTIONS AND THOSE OF CONVENTIONAL LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICS, HIGHLIGHTING THE INTRANSIGENT NATURE OF THE DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN ACCOMMODATING THE FORMER TO THE LATTER.

"Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought provides an inclusive and balanced survey of the major issues debated by Western environmentalists over the last three decades. Peter Hay examines issues in philosophy, religion, politics, and economics as presented or criticized by environmentalists. Topics covered include the roots of environmental philosophy; the development of ecophilosophy, deep ecology, and ecofeminism; how religion relates to environmental values; environmentalists' writings on science and epistemology; animal liberation; the role of place; the economic dimensions of environmental thought; environmental writing in various political traditions; and "green" writers' critiques of political movements. The work draws from the disciplines of philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. Clearly and accessibly written and including a comprehensive bibliography, Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought is well suited both as a handbook and guide to the large environmental literature and as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental studies."--Jacket

Sets out to provide an overview of the various ways established political thought has sought to accommodate--or defuse--the environmental challenge. (PFB)

It is argued that there are significant differences between green electoral politics in Europe and green developments in the affluent non-European west, and that these are such that, despite the greater political formalization of the green movement in Western Europe, there is a sense in which North American and Antipodean developments are ultimately more fundamental than those that have occurred in Europe. Loosely adopting explanatory categories employed by Rudig and Lowe in a Political Studies article, we examine evidence under four sub-heads: electoral thresholds; the historical legacy of the environment movement; the different contextual roles played by the anti-nuclear movement and wilderness experience, and ecology, Marxism and the new left.

It is argued that there are significant differences between Green Party electoral politics in Europe & Green developments in the affluent non-European West, & that these are such that, despite the greater political formalization of the Green movement in Western Europe, there is a sense in which North American & Antipodean developments are ultimately more fundamental than those that have occurred in Europe. Loosely adopting explanatory categories employed by W. Rudig & P. D. Lowe ("The Withered 'Greening' of British Politics: A Study of the Ecology Party," Political Studies, 1986, 34, 2, June, 262-284) evidence is examined under four subheads: electoral thresholds; the historical legacy of the environment movement; the different contextual roles played by the antinuclear movement & wilderness experience; & ecology, Marxism, & the new left. 2 Tables. HA

Despite the greater political formalization of the green movement in Western Europe, North American and Antipodean developments are ultimately more fundamental than those that have occurred in Europe. Examines evidence under: electoral thresholds; the historical legacy of the environment movement; the different contextual roles played by the anti-nuclear movement and wilderness experience, and ecology, marxism and the new left. (Abstract amended)

Differences within the international environmental movement.