Research Catalog

Title

Green networks : a structural analysis of the Italian environmental movement / Mario Diani.

Author

Diani, Mario, 1957-

Publication

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1995.

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Details

Description

xvii, 221 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Green Networks describes how, through networking, allegiances and pragmatic alliances, individual environmental groups in Italy worked together to form a collective movement strong enough to influence a political system traditionally dominated by polarised left/right-wing politics." "It was one of the most striking innovations in the country's political system during the 1980s, and, despite harsh economic and institutional crises, it still remains a major social and political force today. Giving a fresh perspective on the meteoric rise of the Italian environmental movement, this enlightening study shows that it is possible for pressure groups to break into mainstream politics. It also provides one of the most systematic applications of social network analysis to the study of social movements ever undertaken, and as such, its evidence and interpretations are also of direct relevance to all those interested in the study of new social movements and collective actions at large."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Environment, politics, and society series

Uniform Title

Environment, politics, and society series

Subject

• Geschichte 1960-1990
• Geschichte 1960-1990
• Environmental policy > Italy
• Environmentalism > Italy
• Green movement > Italy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.[206]-216) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Networks of Environmental Action -- 2. Environmental Mobilisations in Italy 1960-1990 -- 3. Environmental Actors in Milan -- 4. Individual Participation in the Movement -- 5. Movement Networks -- 6. Stability and Change -- 7. Movement Networks in the Aftermath of Protest Cycles.

ISBN

0748605002

LCCN

^^^95137026^

OCLC

• 32466367
• SCSB-10616829

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library