02317 a2200373 4500 1138261238 20250317100409.0 250312042016GB eng 9781138261235 Taylor & Francis GBP 51.99 BB 01 eng JHM thema JHB thema RGC thema RN thema GTM thema 1DT bisac JHM bic JHB bic RGC bic RN bic GTB bic 1DV bisac SOC002000 bisac SOC026000 bisac 333.72094 bisac Davide Torsello New Environmentalism? Civil Society and Corruption in the Enlarged EU 1 Oxford Routledge 20161125 216 p Drawing on rich ethnographic work in both Eastern and Western Europe, The New Environmentalism? presents a range of case studies to explore the impact of corruption in EU-funded structural development projects. With detailed analyses of the forms and contexts of environmentalism, the book reveals the manner in which corruption is generated by the planning and implementation procedures of the projects, demonstrating in each case that environmental movements emerge as by-products of these processes, using corruption as part of a discourse employed in support of their action against political (regional and state) institutions, as well as to communicate their goals to local citizens. Shedding light on the ways in which revelations about corruption are adopted as a means to fostering civic participation in environmental movements and influencing institutional trust, this book contributes to our understanding of the loss of legitimacy and trust in local and global political institutions. Comparative in approach, The New Environmentalism? provides new insights into the emergence of strong civic movements at local and trans-local levels, in resistance to citizens' sense of increasing alienation from political participation and decision making. As such, it will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists concerned with questions of legitimacy, corruption and activism. 2101 2101