Green Politics and the New Class
Selfishness or Virtue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Eckersley (0000-0002-3410-7186, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Robyn Eckersley |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-223 |
| Publication date | 1989-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1989.tb01479.x |
| OpenAlex | W2073094338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
The predominantly new middle-class social composition of the green movement has become a matter of increasing interest in the wake of the success of green parties and the growth of an international green movement. This paper considers the concept of the ‘new class' in relation to two explanations for the social composition of the green movement. The class-interest argument seeks to show that green politics is a means of furthering either middle-class or new-class interests while the ‘new childhood’ argument claims that the development of the green movement is the result of the spread of post-material values, the main bearers of which are the new class. Against these arguments a more comprehensive explanation is presented, which focuses on the education of the new class and its relative structural autonomy from the production process
Argument (complex analysis · Class (philosophy · Class formation · Epistemology · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Selfishness · Social class · Social movement · Sociology · Virtue · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Law · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2025 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |