The Environmental Movement in Ireland

• Main Author: Leonard, Liam (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Political science.; Environmental sciences.; Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Environment, general.; Sociology, general.; Political Science.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Collective responses to Ireland’s dramatic transformation from a primarily agrarian and rural society to an industrialised economy obsessed by rapid growth and development occurred in two phases: Phase One took place between the "No Nukes" protests of the late 1970’s when campaigns targete...

Table of Contents:

• Politics
• The Environmentalism Debate
• Irish Environmental Activism: From Woodquay to the ‘Celtic Tiger’
• The Environmental Protection Agency and the Irish Green Party
• Communities
• Rural Sentiment and the Irish Environmental Movement
• Rural Sentiment as Ecological Capital
• Understanding Collective Action
• Campaigns: Phase One
• No Nukes: Carnsore Point
• The Anti-toxics Movement
• Mining: Tynagh and Donegal
• Campaigns: Phase Two
• Conservation: Mullaghmore
• Anti-incineration: Galway, Meath and Cork
• Resources: The Rossport 5 (Shell to Sea)
• Roads: Glen of the Downs, Carrickmines and Tara
• Conclusion: Mapping the Consequences of Environmental Activism.