Exploring and explaining participation in local opposition : brown coal mining in Horn�i Jiřet�in.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CZECH COAL MINING SECTOR, ITS ISSUES, AND PERSPECTIVES -- The history of the Czech coal-mining sector -- The impact of mining on the local population -- The Territorial Limits on Brown-coal Mining in the Northern Bohemia -- Czech "Coal Commission" -- Regional context - the situation in Germany and Poland -- THE DEPICTION OF COAL MINING IN THE MEDIA -- Media articles -- Media content -- LOCAL OPPOSITION IN A RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Local opposition: The NIMBY syndrome and beyond -- The relational approach: Discursive and social structure layers -- Social networks analysis -- Discursive and social structure layers of local opposition -- Social networks as micro-mobilization structures: A case study -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.