"The death of environmentalism": Introduction to the symposium

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2006

Abstract

The American environmental movement has been struggling for more than a year to digest the strong critique offered by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in their widely disseminated treatise "The Death of Environmentalism". Their essay accuses organized environmentalism of framing key issues in overly narrow terms, of failing to connect with everyday public concerns, and of inadequately responding to the challenges of conservative political interests. This article briefly summarizes the essay's key arguments, retraces some relevant history pertaining to the past decade of environmental policy making, and highlights some of the areas in which this work touches on topical issues within the environmental social sciences. The article ends with a brief overview of the other contributions that make up this symposium. © 2006 Sage Publications.

Identifier

32944476195 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Organization and Environment

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026605285586

ISSN

10860266

First Page

74

Last Page

81

Issue

1

Volume

19

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