Global environmentalism and local politics : transnational advocacy networks in Brazil, Ecuador, and India

Intro -- Global Environmentalism and Local Politics -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT: DEFINING CONCEPTS -- KEY QUESTIONS -- RESEARCH METHOD AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- 2. The Dilemma of Amazonian Development and its Impact on Rondônia -- AMAZONIAN DEVELOPMENT AND MILITARY RULE (1964-1984) -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES FOR AMAZONIA IN DEMOCRATIC BRAZIL -- 3. Urgent Action! Transnational Mobilization against Disaster in Rondônia -- THE BEGINNING -- THE RONDONIA NETWORK GAINS MOMENTUM -- TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM AND DOMESTIC CONSTRAINTS- THE RONDONIA NETWORK WITHIN BRAZIL -- TAKING STOCK OF THE RONDONIA NETWORK IN THE 1980S -- 4. "Localizing" Transnational Activism- Success and Failure -- THE ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY: EVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO WHOM? BY WHOM? -- BUILDING CAPACITY FOR PARTICIPATION: SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT RECIPE IN RONDONIA -- THE RONDONIA NETWORK'S LEGITIMACY CRISIS OF 1994 -- TAKING STOCK OF THE RONDONIA NETWORK IN THE EARLY 1990S -- 5. Listening to the Grassroots- The Rondônia Network and Local Politics -- THE RONDONIA NETWORK TAKES PLANAFLORO TO THE INSPECTION PANEL -- EVALUATING AND RESTRUCTURING PLANAFLORO: A NEW MEANING FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? -- TAKING STOCK OF THE RONDONIA NETWORK AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM -- 6. Environmental Activism beyond Brazil I- The Struggle against Oil Exploitation in Ecuador -- FIGHTING OIL EXPLOITATION IN ECUADOR'S ORIENTE: BACKGROUND AND NETWORK ORIGINS -- THE ANTI-OIL NETWORK AND THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST TEXACO AND ARCO -- TAKING STOCK OF ECUADOR'S ANTI-OIL NETWORK -- 7. Environmental Activism beyond Brazil II- The Struggle against Large Dams in India.