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Branching out, digging in : environmental advocacy and agenda setting /
Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action. Branching Out, Digging In examines the expansion and containment of political conflict around forest policies in the Uni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | American governance and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sarah B. Pralle takes an in-depth look at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action. Branching Out, Digging In examines the expansion and containment of political conflict around forest policies in the United States and Canada. Late in 1993 citizens from around the world mobilized on behalf of saving old-growth forests in Clayoquot Sound. Yet, at the same time only a very few took note of an even larger reserve of public land at risk in northern California. Both cases, the Clayoquot Sound controversy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435627505 1435627504 9781589011236 1589011236 9781589012806 1589012801 |