Civil Society and the Environment

民间社会与环境

• 批准号: 0455195
• 负责人: Robert Brulle
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0455195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Civil; Society; Environment

Civil Society and the Environment: The Mobilization of the U.S. Environmental Movement, 1900 - 2000 The voluntary associations that make up civil society play an important role in the maintenance, legitimacy, and stability of democracy. Through their civic associations, citizens develop and maintain their ethical life and exercise their citizenship through the formation of social movements. This provides society with a self-reflexive capacity to renew social institutions and adapt to changing circumstances. One of the major areas addressed by social movements is the human relationship with the natural environment. This project examines the growth and change of the U.S. environmental movement throughout the 20th century by addressing the following questions:- What are the major social and political factors that contribute to changes in the size and actions of the environmental movement?- How does foundation funding impact the actions and structure of the environmental movement?- What is the nature of the interaction between the environmental movement and the anti-environmental movement?To examine these questions, data will be collected for the time frame from 1900-2000, including the founding and disbanding of both environmentalist and anti-environmentalist organizations, the structure and actions of these organizations, changes in cultural beliefs about nature, and the nature of key political and economic influences on this movement. These data will be examined using a combination of case study methodology, multiple regression, event history, and network analysis. This project will address both academic researchers interested in social movement theory and the broader philanthropic and environmental communities. The results of the analysis will be made available through a project website. Through the dissemination of the results of this research seeks to foster a reflexive examination within the environmental movement and philanthropic community regarding its actions and thereby contribute to the creation of an environmentally sustainable society.

公民社会与环境：1900-2000年美国环境运动的动员组成公民社会的志愿协会在维护民主、合法性和稳定方面发挥着重要作用。公民通过其公民协会发展和维护其伦理生活，并通过形成社会运动来行使其公民身份。这为社会提供了一种自我反思的能力，以更新社会机构和适应不断变化的环境。社会运动涉及的一个主要领域是人与自然环境的关系。这个项目通过回答以下问题来考察美国环保运动在整个20世纪的发展和变化：-什么是促使环保运动规模和行动发生变化的主要社会和政治因素？-基金会资金如何影响环保运动的行动和结构？-环保运动和反环境运动之间相互作用的性质是什么？为了研究这些问题，我们将收集1900-2000年的时间框架内的数据，包括环保主义者和反环保主义组织的成立和解散，这些组织的结构和行动，对自然的文化信仰的变化，以及对这场运动的关键政治和经济影响的性质。这些数据将使用案例研究方法、多元回归、事件历史和网络分析相结合的方法进行检查。该项目将面向对社会运动理论感兴趣的学术研究人员以及更广泛的慈善和环境社区。分析结果将通过项目网站公布。通过传播这项研究的结果，力求在环境运动和慈善界内促进对其行动的反身性审查，从而有助于创建一个环境可持续的社会。