Putting social movements in their place : explaining opposition to energy projects in the United States, 2000-2005 /

"This book reports the results of a comparative study of 20 communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. The authors find the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects very low, and they seek to explain that variation and impact it had on the proposed projects&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: McAdam, Doug (Author), Boudet, Hilary, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Subjects:
Energy development > Environmental aspects > United States.
Protest movements > United States.
Contestation > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
SCIENCE > Energy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
Energy development > Environmental aspects
Protest movements
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Copernicus to Ptolemy and (hopefully) back again
  • Comparing communities 'at risk' for mobilization
  • Explaining variation in the level of opposition to energy projects
  • Does opposition matter?: mobilization and project outcome
  • From not in my backyard to not in anyone's backyard: the emergence of regional movements against liquefied natural gas
  • Back to the future: returning to a Copernican approach to the study of contention.

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