Local Environmental Struggles: Citizen Activism in the Treadmill of Production

by Kenneth A. Gould, Allan Schnaiberg, Adam S. Weinberg

In recent years, environmentalism in the United States has increasingly emerged at the community level, focusing on local ecological problems. The authors critique the modern environmental mantra, "think globally, act locally," by analyzing the opportunities and constraints on local environmental action posed by economic and political structures at all levels. Three case studies--a wetlands protection project, water pollution of the Great Lakes, and consumer waste recycling--demonstrate the challenges facing citizen-worker movements.

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 1996

Reviews

[Christopher Gaynor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although published with an analysis of the 20th century and what citizen worker organizing looks like, there is valuable insight to how certain elements of the 20th century have carried over to modern day and remain to be an obstacle for substantial civic participation and influential change to occur