Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series #92
Peter Dauvergne

List Price: $85.00 ISBN: 0-8108-5804-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5804-6 Pub Date: Feb 2009 336 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Reference » History

REVIEWS
"Entries provide a concise explanation and history of each concept and frequently offer insight into the concept's global impact.... In all, Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism does a good job of introducing a multidisciplinary and ever-changing topic.... Undergraduates or general readers performing basic research would find the book quite useful.... For the environmentalism novice, the Dictionary may be an affordable alternative to a much more costly, albeit comprehensive, historical encyclopedia." —Winter 2010, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

DESCRIPTION
Environmentalism involves hundreds of international environmental groups, thousands of national groups, and tens of thousands of local ones. It also includes hundreds of international agreements, hundreds of national environmental agencies, and countless environmental sections in other organizations—from those in multinational corporations to ones in regional and international organizations. Such environmental concepts as sustainable development, the precautionary principle, corporate social responsibility, and eco-labeling percolate from all of these sources. Every year, new ideas, refinements, policies, institutions, markets, and problems continue to enter into environmental debates and discourses, making it nearly impossible to keep abreast of the changes constantly taking place.

With this constant shifting landscape in mind, the Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism strategically skips across issues, concepts, time, organizations, and cultures, not with any pretense of producing a definitive dictionary but rather with the aim of producing an inclusive, wide-ranging, and global history of environmentalism. This goal is accomplished through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Dauvergne is professor of political science and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Politics at the University of British Columbia.

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