Overview
This text presents a controversial expose of the rise of the anti-environmental movement in the USA and its rapid spread worldwide. Rowell reveals how extreme violence, threats and international scapegoating and polarization seek to intimidate activists into inactivity and silence over oil company operations in Nigeria, the UK anti-roads movement, Canadian and Australian forestry and European marine resource disputes, Brent Spar and other recent controversies. The tide is turning against environmentalism as the political Right, industry and governments fight back. The backlash is set to get worse as resource wars intensify. But by offering a greater understanding of the challenges and threats facing global environmentalism, this book presents the environmental movement with a chance to reevaluate and change to beat the backlash before it is too late.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Rowell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780415128285
ISBN 10: 0415128285
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 26 September 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Overall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. - CNS, March, 1997 ... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. - Environmental History ... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. - Skeptic ... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. -Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal
Overall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. - CNS, March, 1997 ... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. - Environmental History ... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. - Skeptic ... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. -Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal
Overall, Green Backlash is a highly readable, disturbing account of the growing anti-environmental (ist) movement. The book reveals the harsher realities of environmental life at the tail end of the 20th century. <br>- CNS, March, 1997 <br>... it is well-written, draws upon varied facets of the world environmental opposition, and provides a wake-up-call for those who are not well aware of global environmental affairs. <br>- Environmental History <br>... [the] environmental agenda is clear throughout. <br>- Skeptic <br>... disturbing ... In Green Backlash--which I heartily recommend to anyone concerned about the environment--Rowell concludes that the environmental movement must start to put forward positive solutions, not just call attention to problems. <br>-Alain Dessaint, Healthy and Natural Journal <br>
Author Information
Andrew Rowell is a Freelance Environmental Consultant who has researched and written extensively about contemporary environmental issues with Greenpeace and other organisations.
