Deep Environmental Politics - by Phillip F Cramer (Hardcover)

About the Book

Cramer provides a window into the world of radical environmentalism and the political process. He examines how deep ecology evolved, how its ideas influence our lives, and how it impacts our laws.

The book begins with an overview of deep ecology and traces its history in American political thought. Cramer then looks at the tactics employed by radical environmentalists and the relationship formed between activists and their political counterparts. He explains the difference between what deep ecology ultimately wants and what it strives for on a daily basis. Federal environmental legislation and congressional testimony are analyzed for trends, and media coverage of radical environmentalism is also examined. Cramer provides the first comprehensive look at the impact of deep ecology and radical environmentalism on American environmental politics and law. This book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of contemporary American politics and law, environmental studies, and the media.

Book Synopsis

Cramer provides a window into the world of radical environmentalism and the political process. He examines how deep ecology evolved, how its ideas influence our lives, and how it impacts our laws.

The book begins with an overview of deep ecology and traces its history in American political thought. Cramer then looks at the tactics employed by radical environmentalists and the relationship formed between activists and their political counterparts. He explains the difference between what deep ecology ultimately wants and what it strives for on a daily basis. Federal environmental legislation and congressional testimony are analyzed for trends, and media coverage of radical environmentalism is also examined. Cramer provides the first comprehensive look at the impact of deep ecology and radical environmentalism on American environmental politics and law. This book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of contemporary American politics and law, environmental studies, and the media.

Review Quotes

?Spiked trees. Crossing the bow of whale hunting boats. Hanging banners from high-rise office buildings. These are the media-based images that much of the public perceives as fact when radical environmentalism makes a move. However, these is more to the radical environmentalism movement then these images suggest. Fortunately, Phillip Cramer has written an in-depth and well-conceived overview of deep ecology, radical environmentalism, and its impact on the crafting of environmental law and regulation....This book provides a well-balanced overview of the development of deep ecology and radical environmentalism. It could be useful required reading in many environmental history courses.?-Electronic Green Journal

?Strengths of Deep Environmental Politics include its attempt to examine comprehensively the interaction of the deep ecology movement with key players in the political system as well as its use of primary research to establish its conclusions....adds to a richer understanding of environmental policy.?-The Journal of Politics

"Strengths of Deep Environmental Politics include its attempt to examine comprehensively the interaction of the deep ecology movement with key players in the political system as well as its use of primary research to establish its conclusions....adds to a richer understanding of environmental policy."-The Journal of Politics

"Spiked trees. Crossing the bow of whale hunting boats. Hanging banners from high-rise office buildings. These are the media-based images that much of the public perceives as fact when radical environmentalism makes a move. However, these is more to the radical environmentalism movement then these images suggest. Fortunately, Phillip Cramer has written an in-depth and well-conceived overview of deep ecology, radical environmentalism, and its impact on the crafting of environmental law and regulation....This book provides a well-balanced overview of the development of deep ecology and radical environmentalism. It could be useful required reading in many environmental history courses."-Electronic Green Journal

About the Author

PHILLIP F. CRAMER is a John W. Wade Scholar at Vanderbilt Law School. He has held internships with the U.S. Department of State, where he served as the Country Desk Officer for Bahrain, and with the Students for an Energy Efficient Environment (SEEE), where he worked with the EPA on the Greenlights program. He is currently working on a research project on environmentalism, international relations, and the American legal system.