From environmental action to ecoterrorism? : towards a process theory of environmental and animal rights oriented political violence /
This book scrutinizes the growth of the 'eco-terrorism' movement operating on a global scale, focusing on the main groups and their more radical offshoots, both historically and those currently active. These include Earth First!, the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front and...
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Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This book scrutinizes the growth of the 'eco-terrorism' movement operating on a global scale, focusing on the main groups and their more radical offshoots, both historically and those currently active. These include Earth First!, the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It critically examines how these groups form and how they have evolved, their key personnel, their strategies and tactics, principles, motivating philosophies and attitudes to violence. Specifically, the book seeks to understand whether such groups inevitably evolve from. |
Carrier Form: | ix, 353 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781849801195 (hardback) : 1849801193 (hardback) 9781785367359 (ebook) 1785367358 (ebook) |
Index Number: | GE195 |
CLC: |
D815.5 X3-05 |
Call Number: | X3-05/N152 |
Contents: | Machine generated contents note: PART I -- 1.Cage fighting: the Animal Liberation Front -- 2.Rattling the cages: Animal Liberation Front actions -- 3.By other means: the Animal Liberation Front and its purported splinter groups -- PART II -- 4.Direct action in defence of living systems: Earth First! -- 5.Elves running through the forest: the Earth Liberation Front -- PART III -- 6.Gaia's Navy: the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- 7.Ramming speed: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society actions -- 8.Vigilante justice: the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the law. |