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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Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.,
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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 |