Environmental Networks and Social Movement Theory.
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Bloomsbury Academic Macmillan [distributor]
Sept. 2014
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Aims
- Why research networking among environmental organizations?
- Theoretical approach
- Methodological approach
- The contents
- 2 Environmental Movements or Networks?
- Defining movements
- Environmental networks
- Who is part of the environmental movement?
- Environmental networks and environmental movements
- Concluding remarks
- 3 Key Organizations and Campaigns in Londons Environmental Networks
- National environmental organizations.
- Regional environmental organizations
- Local environmental organizations
- Key environmental campaigns in London
- Concluding remarks
- 4 The Role of Resources in Relationships
- Resource mobilization theory and rationality
- Organizational-level resource mobilization theory
- Evaluating resource mobilization theory
- Competition, resource mobilization and implications for environmental networks
- Resource mobilization and networks in practice: The London data
- Concluding remarks
- 5 Political Structures, Political Contingencies and Environmental Networks
- The strong approach.
- The weak approach
- The case for looking at organizational strategy and status
- Political opportunities and interaction in environmental networks: The London data
- Concluding remarks
- 6 Environmental Networks and New Social Movement Theory
- What is new social movement theory?
- What is new?
- Evaluating new social movement theory
- Implications for environmental networks
- New social movement theory in practice: The London data
- Concluding remarks
- 7 Collective Identity and Solidarity: Unity or Factionalism?
- What is identity?
- The exclusive identity of radical environmentalism
- Collective identity and solidarity in three environmental organizations
- Concluding remarks
- 8 Towards a Synthetic Analytical Framework for Understanding Interaction in Environmental Networks
- Limitations of social movement theories
- Why integrate social movement theories?
- The Dynamics of Contention
- A synthetic approach to campaigns against climate change and aviation expansion
- Concluding remarks
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: List of interviewees
- Appendix 2: Survey
- Appendix 3: List of survey respondents.
- Appendix 4: Key to Figures 6.2 and 6.3
- Notes
- References
- Index.