Mercier looks at the environmental movement from an in-depth international perspective and seeks to analyze the spectrum of positions taken. He shows how the movement is an enduring one, and he demonstrates how it is intimately related to the development of media and to fundamental social and institutional trends of our time. Although environmentalists and sociologists have an often bewildering variety of positions and theories, some being incompatible with others, they share commom values. Mercier offers the image of the protoplasm, the viscous matter that surrounds the living cell, as a metaphor to explore these values.
Although environmentalists and ecologists all over the globe share certain basic goals―less consumption, less waste, less energy use―there is a bewildering variety of ideas, concepts, and theories, some incompatible with others, that is associated with the movement. Indeed, one might more accurately think of a series of movements rather than one movement.
Mercier divides the movement into downstream ecologists―sometimes called environmentalists―who are essentially concerned about the quality of the air, the water, and the soil, and the upstream ecologists, who essentially believe that the deterioration of the quality of the air, water, and soil is a symptom of some larger (upstream) phenomenon. The upstream ecologists, in turn, are divided into subgroups, among them the Social Ecologists, who are the inheritors of the traditional positions of the left, and the Deep Ecologists, who attribute the state of the environment to a modern, excessively specialized and segmented outlook that eventually leads to a loss of sensitivity and a disregard for nature and our environment. Using the image of the protoplasm, the viscous matter that contains the living cell, Mercier concludes by relating these and other patterns to a postmodern aesthetic which, itself, is strongly influenced by our changing communication environment. A major analysis that will be of importance to policymakers, scholars, and researchers involved with environmental issues and contemporary social patterns that go beyond the environment per se.

Downstream and Upstream Ecologists: The People, Organizations, and Ideas Behind the Movement

Science & Math

Mercier, Jean

Biological Sciences

Praeger

Le roman catholique aux 45 000 exemplaires revient en format poche ! L'abbé Benjamin Bucquoy n'en peut plus : les bonnes dames de la paroisse se détestent, une pétition est lancée contre lui, son évêque ne l'écoute pas... Quand il apprend que le poste dont il rêvait est offert à un autre, il craque... et disparaît. C'est le début d'une aventure tendre et lumineuse où derrière le comique des situations perce un questionnement de fond : quel est le coeur de notre vocation, comment y rester fidèle malgré la lourdeur du quotidien ? Un conte spirituel doncamillesque qui nous invite à nous convertir nous-mêmes et à convertir le regard que nous portons sur l'Église. À propos de Jean Mercier : Jean Mercier (1964-2018) était rédacteur en chef adjoint de l'hebdomadaire La Vie. Fin connaisseur de l'Église, il mit tout son talent, sa bonté et son humour dans ce roman qui a séduit des dizaines de milliers de lecteurs.

Monsieur le curé fait sa crise - Format Poche: Roman

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Quasar

L'administration publique: De l'école classique au nouveau management public (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Presses de l'Université Laval

Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Palgrave Pivot

This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting cases in dealing with sustainable urban transport challenges. The authors study empirical data from these three cities to analyze how specific governmental and policy instruments (planning, consultation and market mechanisms for example) were implemented in each case. Through concepts coming from policy studies and sociology, for example, such as path dependency, institutional culture and transaction costs, the three cities are also looked at in a broader perspective in order to better understand how they deal differently with their common challenges.

Duarte, Fábio

Tremblay-Racicot, Fanny

Carrier, Mario

Il signor parroco ha dato di matto

Contemporary

San Paolo Edizioni

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