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A good that transcends : how US culture undermines environmental reform (2017)

Freyfogle, Eric T. [Verfasser]

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press

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ISBN: 9780226326252

Language: English

Pages: 1 Online-Ressourcece

DDC: 304.2/80973

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AR 38300

Keywords: Ökologische Bewegung ; Kulturverfall ; Environmental degradation Social aspects ; Environmentalism ; USA

Abstract: Since the birth of the modern environmental movement in the 1970s, the United States has witnessed dramatic shifts in social equality, ecological viewpoints, and environmental policy. With these changes has also come an increased popular resistance to environmental reform, but, as Eric T. Freyfogle reveals in this book, that resistance has far deeper roots.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2017 , Includes bibliographical references and index

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226326252.001.0001

URL: http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226326252.001.0001/upso-9780226326085

URL: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226326252.001.0001

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Racism and ethnic relations in the Portuguese-speaking world (2012)

Bethencourt, Francisco ; Pearce, Adrian J.

Oxford : Oxford University Press

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ISBN: 9780191754197

Language: English

Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 368 p.) , Ill., maps.

Series Statement: Proceedings of the British Academy 179

DDC: 305.8

RVK:

LB 31960

Keywords: Rasse ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Racism ; Portugiesisches Sprachgebiet ; Portuguese-speaking countries Race relations ; Portuguese-speaking countries Ethnic relations ; Aufsatzsammlung

Abstract: This volume covers the gamut of inter-ethnic experiences throughout the Portuguese-speaking world, from the 16th century to the present day, integrating history, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, literary, and cultural studies.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197265246.001.0001

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265246.001.0001

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Agrarianism and the good society : land, culture, conflict, and hope (2007)

Freyfogle, Eric T.

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky | Oxford : Oxford University Press

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ISBN: 9780813134888 , 0813134889

Language: English

Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (183 p.).

Series Statement: Culture of the land

DDC: 306.3490973

Keywords: Landnutzung ; Gesellschaft ; Land use Environmental aspects ; Environmental degradation ; Environmental ethics ; Human ecology ; Social values ; National characteristics, American ; USA

Abstract: Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. This work raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

DOI: 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124391.001.0001

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813124391.001.0001

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Trust and democratic transition in post-communist Europe (2004)

Marková, Ivana

Oxford : Oxford University Press for the British Academy | Oxford : Oxford University Press

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ISBN: 9780191734922

Language: English

Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 217 p.).

Series Statement: Proceedings of the British Academy 123

DDC: 306.2

RVK:

AX 30000

Keywords: Politischer Wandel ; Vertrauen ; Trust ; Political sociology ; Osteuropa ; Europe Politics and government 1989- ; Aufsatzsammlung

Abstract: A collection of essays concerned with theoretical and empirical analyses of trust and distrust in post-communist Europe which show that, while political and economic changes can have rapid effects, cultural and psychological changes may linger and influence political trust and representations of democracy.

Note: "Based on an international conference, Trust as a precondition to communication, social thinking and social practices during democratic transition in Post-Communist Europe, held at the British Academy in London on 13-15 September 2001." _Pref , Includes bibliographical references and index

DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197263136.001.0001

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197263136.001.0001

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The evolution of cultural entities (2002)

Wheeler, Michael ; Ziman, J. M. ; Boden, Margaret A.

Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press

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ISBN: 9780191771989

Language: English

Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 221 p.) , Ill.

Series Statement: Proceedings of the British Academy 112

DDC: 306

RVK:

AX 30000

RVK:

MR 7100

RVK:

NF 1120

RVK:

CC 8200

Keywords: Kulturelle Evolution ; Culture Congresses ; Social evolution Congresses ; Aufsatzsammlung

Abstract: Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws and theories seem to evolve through variation, selection and replication. These essays consider whether this comparison is just a metaphor.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197262627.001.0001

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197262627.001.0001

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