Strategies of resistance at the Pollok Free State road protest camp
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An analysis of Pollok Free State resistance strategies reveals they are best described as forms of embryonic counter-hegemonic resistance. The ideological and symbolic challenge posed by the group and the strategy of empowering the community in extra-institutional collective direct action in the battle against the 'Roads to Prosperity' program makes the protest group an example of such.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 1997
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Green political theory and the European Union: The case for a non-integrated civil society
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The European Commission's own proposals for restructuring its relationship to civil society organizations follow a trajectory from 'passive inclusion' to 'active inclusion' of civil society groups. This historical sequence is associated with weakening civil society's capacity to serve as a reservoir of democratic innovation in the European Union's system of multilevel governance.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 2005
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Ecological representation in deliberation: The contribution of tactile spaces
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Environmental conflicts involve objects and processes that are philosophically removed from the world in which one lives. Hence, importance must be given to tactile spaces so that people can understand for themselves the developments around which knowledge claims are made.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 2006
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