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- Title
Exemplars and Influences: Transnational Flows in the Environmental Movement.
- Authors
Rootes, Christopher
- Abstract
Transnational flows of ideas are examined through consideration of Green parties, Friends of the Earth, and Earth First!, which represent, respectively, the highly institutionalised, the semi-institutionalised and the resolutely non-institutionalised dimensions of environmental activism. The focus is upon English-speaking countries: US, UK and Australia. Particular attention is paid to Australian cases, both as transmitters and recipients of examples. The influence of Australian examples on Europeans has been overstated in the case of Green parties, was negligible in the case of Friends of the Earth, but surprisingly considerable in the case of Earth First!. Non-violent direct action in Australian rainforests influenced Earth First! in both the US and UK. In each case, the flow of influence was mediated by individuals, and outcomes were shaped by the contexts of the recipients.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTALISM -- International cooperation; SOCIAL influence; EXAMPLE; GREEN movement; IDEA (Philosophy); FRIENDS of the Earth; AUSTRALIAN rainforests; EARTH First! (Organization); PHILOSOPHY &; society
- Publication
Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2015, Vol 61, Issue 3, p414
- ISSN
0004-9522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ajph.12111