Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] *SPAM* Fwd: New book on US environmentalism
> > Hi,
>
> This might be of interest to some listmembers:
>
>> Just released by Island Press:
>>
>> The Rebirth of Environmentalism: Grassroots Activism from the
>> Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear by Douglas Bevington
>>
>> (Amazon is currently offering the best price on this book, and free
>> shipping:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Rebirth-Environmentalism-Grassroots-Activism-Spotted/dp/1597266566/ref=pd_ts_b_40?ie=UTF8&s=books >> )
>>
>>
>> Book Description
>>
>> Over the past two decades, a select group of small but highly
>> effective grassroots organizations have achieved remarkable success
>> in protecting endangered species and forests in the United States .
>> The Rebirth of Environmentalism tells for the first time the story
>> of these grassroots biodiversity groups.
>>
>> Author Douglas Bevington offers engaging case studies of three of
>> the most influential biodiversity protection campaigns˜the
>> Headwaters Forest campaign, the ╲zero cutâ╡ campaign on
>> national forests, and the endangered species litigation campaign
>> exemplified by the Center for Biological Diversity˜providing the
>> reader with an in-deptth understanding of the experience of being
>> involved in grassroots activism.
>>
>> Based on first-person interviews with key activists in these
>> campaigns, the author explores the role of tactics, strategy,
>> funding, organization, movement culture, and political conditions
>> in shaping the influence of the groups. He also examines the
>> challenging relationship between radicals and moderate groups
>> within the environmental movement, and addresses how grassroots
>> organizations were able to overcome constraints that had limited
>> the advocacy of other environmental organizations.
>>
>> Filled with inspiring stories of activists, groups, and campaigns
>> that most readers will not have encountered before, The Rebirth of
>> Environmentalism explores how grassroots biodiversity groups have
>> had such a big impact despite their scant resources, and presents
>> valuable lessons that can help the environmental movement as a
>> whole˜as well aas other social movements˜become more effective.
>>
>>
>> About the Author
>>
>> Douglas Bevington is the forest program director for Environment
>> Now, a grantmaking foundation based in California . He received his
>> PhD in sociology from the University of California , Santa Cruz ,
>> where he taught courses on social movement studies.
>>
>>
>> Advance praise for The Rebirth of Environmentalism
>> ╲This is an important and timely examination of the
>> environmental movement, past and present. The politics of
>> protecting America â•˙s wild places can be slow and
>> infuriating, but Bevington does a first-rate job of showing how the
>> struggle pays off, and why the stakes are so high.╡
>>
>> ˜Carl Hiaasen, author of Naturee Girl
>>
>> ╲The environmental movement is an ecosystem of its own, and
>> Douglas Bevington does a fine job examining the understory that
>> flourishes in the shade of the big green groups. This will be a
>> useful text for those trying to figure out how to build the global
>> warming movement in the years ahead.╡
>>
>> ˜Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
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>> ╲In The Rebirth of Environmentalism, Douglas Bevington tells
>> how radical and resource-poor biodiversity activists came to be at
>> the center of environmental policy change. Deeply researched and
>> persuasively argued, this book invites social movement scholars to
>> rethink ideas not only about the relations between movement
>> radicals and moderates but also about the tactical ingredients of
>> movement success.╡
>>
>> ˜Francesca Polletta, professoor, University of California , Irvine
>
>> ╲With a sociologistâ•˙s keen eye, Douglas Bevington gives
>> us a close-up account of the ╢alternative environmental
>> movementâ•˙ that emerged in the 1990s. His cogent analysis
>> offers a robust counterpoint to name-brand environmentalism and to
>> critics who declared the movement dead. Essential reading for
>> serious students of conservation˜andd anyone interested in the
>> future of Planet Earth.╡
>>
>> ˜Deborah A.. Sivas, professor of law and director of the
>> Environmental Law Clinic, Stanford Law School
