Asia's Environmental Movements: Comparative PerspectivesAdopting a comparative perspective, this book traces the social, political, economic and cultural conditions under which environmental movements have emerged, and assesses the transformative capacities of these movements. |
Contents
Country Case Studies | 17 |
Environmental Movements in Taiwan | 19 |
Environmental Movements in Hong Kong | 43 |
Environmental Movements in South Korea | 78 |
Environmental Movements in Thailand | 108 |
Environmental Movements in the Philippines | 131 |
Comparative Analyses | 165 |
Culture and Asian Styles of Environmental Movements | 198 |
The Impact of Democratization on Environmental Movements | 218 |
The Making of AntiNuclear Movements in East Asia StateMovements Relationships and Policy Outcomes | 240 |
The Contradictions and Synergy of Environmental Movements and Business Interests F Lee | 257 |
Conclusion | 275 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 299 |
Grassroots Environmentalism in the United States Implications for Asias Environmental Movements | 167 |
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