Description: Are environmentalists in Britain part of a transnational movement or are they tactically and ideologically distinct? How can we understand the environmental movement within the context of social movement theory? Based on detailed empirical research, this is a penetrating analysis of the state of the environmental movement.
Brief description: Clare Saunders is head of educational development at the University of Birmingham, UK. Upon completing her PhD in philosophy she built up fourteen years' experience in philosophy teaching and learning, at the Universities of Sunderland and Durham, UK and with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies, before moving into educational development.
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"This book successfully provides a constructive framework for considering environmental networks through a 'dynamic process' combining a range of aspects of SMT which have previously been considered in isolation. It highlights the extensive, and often surprising, network links between environmental organisations of differing spatial and ideological standpoints. This book's depth and accessible writing style make it an excellent accompaniment to both new and established readers examining politics, environmentalism and social movements." --William Knight, University of Nottingham, Political Studies Review Volume 13, Issue 1
"Saunders gives a forceful insight into (new) social movement theory." --Neue Politische Literatur