ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY IN EASTERN EUROPE TICKLE A., WELSH I. Księgarnia

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It is widely assumed that communism destroyed civil society in eastern Europe. This book shows how environmental activism maintained an immanent civil society throughout the communist period which, in the 1980s, began to challenge party ideology and rule. These themes are explored through a series of country case studies and theoretical contributions providing an examination of the role of environmental movements in relation to the historically unique process of transition that marked the end of state socialism.

Environment and Society in Eastern Europe is an ideal text for undergraduate and masters courses in environmental politics and policy, environmental sociology and east European studies. Also of interest to students of area and international studies and political and regional geography.

analyses the environment as a significant source of social, cultural and political activity
detailed country accounts including the former Soviet Union, Poland East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary
analyses how the environment acted as a focus for political mobilisation

Foreword by Vaclav Havel
Preface
1. The 1989 revolutions and environmental politics in central and eastern Europe - Ian Welsh and Andrew Tickle
2. The environmental movement in the former Soviet Union - Natalia Mirovitskaya
3. Environment-friendly deindustrialisation: impacts of unification on East Germany - Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen
4. Environmental sociology in Poland and the ecological consciousness of Polish people - Jacek Wodz and Kazimiera Wodz
5. Environmental Politics in the former Czechoslovakia - Andrew Tickle and Josef Vavrousek
6. Environmental movements and civil society in Hungary - Gyorgy Enyedi and Viktoria Szirmai
7. Environmental politics, civil society and post-communism - Andrew Tickle and Ian Welsh

"We find ourselves on the threshold of a new millennium...the environment, upon which our existence depends, is being ruthlessly and often senselessly destroyed. I believe we must look for the solution in the domain of the human spirit...it is up to each one of us to determine how we will assume our part of our collective global responsibility; how we will tame the egotism of our thoughts and accept humility in the face of being and its order; and how to defend our actions before our grandchildren."
Vaclav Havel, from his foreword to this book.

Dr Andrew Tickle lectures in geography at Birkbeck College, London and has also been a visiting fellow of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.

Dr Ian Welsh lectures in sociology at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He has a long-standing interest in environmental sociology spanning nuclear, climate change and road-building issues.

420 pages

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