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environmentalism

Theory emphasizing the primary influence of the environment on the development of groups or individuals. It stresses the importance of the physical, biological, psychological, or cultural environment as a factor influencing the structure or behaviour of animals, including humans.

In politics this has given rise in many countries to Green parties, which aim to ‘preserve the planet and its people’.



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Together both can challenge the conclusion of development economics and "global ecologism.
Nature in the Global South by McFarlane, Bruce / Journal of Contemporary Asia
This volume brings together articles written by various international experts on environmental politics and concentrates on the theoretical aspects of ecologism and the importance of the left-right dimension for green theory and practice.
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A former banker and more recent Green devotee, Stone is uniquely poised to fuse development economics and ecologism in a manner palatable to the rightward-drifting mainstream.
The Nature of Development by Feffer, John / Commonweal
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