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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791458784

ISBN-139780791458785

eBay Product ID (ePID)2450091

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Number of Pages209 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGlobal Environmentalism and Local Politics : Transnational Advocacy Networks in Brazil, Ecuador, and India

Publication Year2003

SubjectEnvironmental, Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Political Economy, Globalization, Development / Sustainable Development

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Law, Political Science, Business & Economics

AuthorMaria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues

SeriesSuny Series in Global Environmental Policy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-061096

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal333.72/098

Table Of ContentAbbreviations and Acronyms Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Transnational Advocacy Networks, Civil Society, and the Environment: Defining Concepts Key Questions Research Method and Organization of the Book 2. The Dilemma of Amazonian Development and Its Impact on Rondonia Amazonian Development and Military Rule (1964-1984) Environmental and Development Policies for Amazonia in Democratic Brazil 3. Urgent Action! Transnational Mobilization against Disaster in Rondonia The Beginning The Rondonia Network Gains Momentum Transnational Activism and Domestic Constraints--The Rondônia Network within Brazil Taking Stock of the Rondônia Network in the 1980s 4. "Localizing" Transnational Activism--Success and Failure The Issue of Transparency: Environmentally Sustainable Development to Whom? By Whom? Building Capacity for Participation: Searching for the Right Recipe in Rondonia The Rondonia Network's Legitimacy Crisis of 1994 Taking Stock of the Rondônia Network in the Early 1990s 5. Listening to The Grassroots--The Rondônia Network and Local Politics The Rondonia Network Takes Planafloro to the Inspection Panel Evaluating and Restructuring Planafloro: A New Meaning for Environmentally Sustainable Development? Taking Stock of the Rondônia Network at the Turn of the Millennium 6. Environmental Activism beyond Brazil I--The Struggle against Oil Exploitation in Ecuador Fighting Oil Exploitation in Ecuador's Oriente: Background and Network Origins The Anti-Oil Network and the Campaigns against Texaco and ARCO Taking Stock of Ecuador's Anti-Oil Network 7. Environmental Activism beyond Brazil II--The Struggle against Large Dams in India The Struggle against the Sardar Sarovar Dam--Background and Network Origins The Narmada Network Strategies and Their Local Impacts Taking Stock of the Narmada Network 8. Conclusions Local Empowerment and Local Results Lessons and Recommendations Final Thoughts Notes References Index

SynopsisWhat is the role played by local organizations in transnational environmental advocacy networks? Global Environmentalism and Local Politics revisits this question by looking at transnational environmental activism in Brazil, Ecuador, and India. Rodrigues investigates the internal politics of these networks, focusing on their internal balance of power, choice of strategies, and distribution of resources among members at the international, national, and local levels. Contrary to existing assumptions, local organizations, rather than international or national non-governmental organizations, are the key players in these networks, while at the same time mere participation in transnational advocacy efforts does not necessarily lead to the empowerment of local organizations. Participation may, for example, impose unanticipated political and technical burdens, and despite their overarching common goal of environmental preservation, network members may have different understandings of what environmentally sustainable development is and how it can be best achieved., Examines the internal politics of transnational environmental advocacy networks. What is the role played by local organizations in transnational environmental advocacy networks? Global Environmentalism and Local Politics revisits this question by looking at transnational environmental activism in Brazil, Ecuador, and India. Rodrigues investigates the internal politics of these networks, focusing on their internal balance of power, choice of strategies, and distribution of resources among members at the international, national, and local levels. Contrary to existing assumptions, local organizations, rather than international or national non-governmental organizations, are the key players in these networks, while at the same time mere participation in transnational advocacy efforts does not necessarily lead to the empowerment of local organizations. Participation may, for example, impose unanticipated political and technical burdens, and despite their overarching common goal of environmental preservation, network members may have different understandings of what environmentally sustainable development is and how it can be best achieved.

LC Classification NumberHC59.72.E5R63 2004