The making of green knowledge : environmental politics and cultural transformation /

Jamison (Univ. of Aalborg, Sweden) has 30 years of analytical experience and participation in environmentalism. Here, the author analyzes how humans have been Greening their societies through a process of knowledge-making--cognitive praxis. In different parts of the world, Green theory and practice are being combined in different ways. Not only are environmentalists of the 1970s changing to become more efficient at influencing policy, but institutions (academic, government, corporate) are adjusting to concepts such as sustainable development. This analysis places environmentalism into historical context and reflects on how culture and society affect environmentalism, while in turn the concepts of Green thought influence society. Chapters address the ambiguity of Greening, social movements, national shades of Green, Green business, and the dilemmas of activism. Jamison book blends theory, practical analysis, and personal reflection to provide insight and understanding into the complex arena of environmental politics. He concludes that many obstacles remain to an ecological society but that "environmentalism has helped people world wide to rediscover their relationship with the earth." Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through faculty and researchers or anyone interested in Green politics. D. Ostergren Northern Arizona University