Global ecological politics / edited by Liam Leonard, John Barry.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This volume examines the range of environmental campaigns that are occurring across the planet. As world leaders attempt to tackle climate change, these papers present a number of case studies on global grassroots initiatives and activism in diverse areas such as green economic alternatives." "This extensive array of ecological participation demonstrates that viable green alternatives are available in this current era of legitimation crisis across the formal political and economic sectors. Advances in Ecopolitics 5: Global Ecological Politics is an important collection of articles for researchers, lecturers and academics in the socio-economic and political sector."--BOOK JACKET.