Johns A New Conservation Politics

Power, Organization Building and Effectiveness
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-6039-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, E-Book

Despite many successes in the field of conservation, speciesextinction rates continue to climb and wild areas and habitatscontinue to be lost. Many look to more (or better) biology andecology to solve the problem but the obstacles are not justscientific but political. To stop the 6th great extinction theconservation movement must become much stronger, more tenacious,and more effective. By learning from its own history and especiallyfrom the movements that abolished slavery, brought down apartheid,changed gender relations, and expanded democratic rights,conservationists can become more successful.

This book brings together in one place and in a highly usableformat the lessons of those movements culled from practitioners andacademic analysts.

"Protecting Earth's rich web of life, and our only known livingcompanions in the universe, depends upon people caring enough toact. This book shows conservationists how to evoke the caring andaction necessary to change policy and ultimately society." Paul REhrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford Universityand author of The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution andthe Environment

"This timely book by David Johns explains why facts alonedon't motivate and mobilize people to care for the naturalworld. Even better, Johns spells out what will work, based on afrank and informed assessment of human nature applied to social andpolitical movements. If you would rather see change than be right,this readable and authoritative guide should be your bible."Michael Soulé, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies,University of California, Santa Cruz

"For me, this is a truly fascinating book. I spend much ofmy time writing--trying to write the stories we need to tell--andthe rest of it helping run national and global mobilizations onclimate change (Step It Up and now 350.org). I think David Johns has done atremendous job of linking together insights about useful rhetoricand very practical notions about organizing. If you're trying tosave a river, a forest, or a planet you need to read thisbook." Bill McKibben, Scholar-in-Residence, MiddleburyCollege

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johns, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: hard times ix
Part 1 The Gauntlet: we have met the enemy and they are both us and them 1
1 Us 3
2 Them: inertia, inequality, and propaganda 13
3 Them: power 29
4 Why we act - from the double helix to world systems and sunspots 43
Part 2 Conservation as if life depended on it 91
5 The role of vision 97
Part 2A Forging the hammer 103
6 The centrality of mobilization to politics 105
7 From vision to goals 111
8 From goals to strategy: answering strategic questions 115
9 Who will do the heavy lifting: targets of mobilization 129
10 Understanding the targets of mobilization; and opponents 149
11 Messengers and channels for mobilization 175
12 Mobilization and messages 207
13 Message as story and symbol 237
14 Mobilization and action 261
15 Overarching tactical concerns 267
16 Monitoring and evaluation 275
Part 2B The care and maintenance of the hammer 279
17 Organization and identity 287
18 Organization, action, and ritual 305
19 Organization, efficacy, and repression 315
20 The life cycle of organizations 333
21 The need for many organizations 341
22 A final question 345
Bibliography 347
Index 373

Über Autor(innen)

An activist and teacher, David Johns has co-founded and directed NGOs doing science-based large-scale conservation. He teaches politics and law at Portland State University. David has also been active in a variety campaigns, worked for elected officials, advised government, and published widely on conservation politics.