Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure - Paperback

by Christopher Rootes (Editor), Liam Leonard (Editor)

As rates of consumption grow, the problem of waste management has increased significantly. This book sheds new light on the structures of political opportunity that confront environmental movements that challenge the state or corporate sector.

This book was published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.

Author Biography

Christopher Rootes is Professor of Environmental Politics and Political Sociology as well as Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Liam Leonard is Lecturer in Sociology, Criminology and Human Rights at the Institute of Technology, Sligo