Environmental activism and the media : the politics of protest /

"For more than 40 years politicians, activists, advocates and individuals have been seeking ways to solve the problem of climate change. Governments and the United Nations have taken an economic path. Others seek solutions in the equality of climate justice. Taking the step from green consumer...

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Main Authors: Newlands, Maxine
Published: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "For more than 40 years politicians, activists, advocates and individuals have been seeking ways to solve the problem of climate change. Governments and the United Nations have taken an economic path. Others seek solutions in the equality of climate justice. Taking the step from green consumer to the streets at climate summits, protest camps and direct action recasts activists as everything from tree huggers, to domestic extremists and ecoterrorists. Political policing and new legislation increasingly criminalized environmental activism, supported by media reporting that recasts environmenta
Carrier Form: xviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781433131189
1433131188
9781433150104
1433150107
Index Number: P96
CLC: X-05
Call Number: X-05/N549