'Monkeywrenching' and the processes of democracy

Article Abstract:

The strategy of interfering with industrial and commercial processes that are damaging to the environment, monkeywrenching, adopted by many radical environmentalists, reinforces the democratic process. Monkeywrenchers seek to draw public attention toward the need for environmental reforms. Critics claim this to be a form of ecological terrorism. However, supporters equate it with civil disobedience. Monkeywrenchers take risks because they have moral convictions backing their actions. Democratic structures that allow them to mobilize public opinion get reinforced by their actions.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Environmental protection, Environmentalists, Environmental activists

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Politicising the quotidian

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This article discusses the green movement in the United Kingdom. The author, analyzing information given from various communities within the UK, maintains the communities under study, at one time or another, challenged and transformed the conventional interpretations of politics regarding nature and the role of the community.

United Kingdom, Social aspects, Environmental aspects, Community, Nature

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What's wrong with ecofeminism?

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The author posits that ecofeminism does not reach its full potential because it fails to acknowledge and exploit its utopian roots. Topics include rationalism, essentialism, self-determination, and subversion, along with a comparison of political and nonpolitical theoretical discourse.

World, Evaluation, Political aspects, Feminism, Feminist criticism, Utopias

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