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Pollution of the Natural Environment and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Author

Editor

  • Fredrik Björk
  • Per Eliasson
  • Bo Fritzböger

Summary, in English

Gorbachev’s environmental policies aimed at raising the masses and incite them to action for the common good. A side effect was the introduction of the factor information in Soviet society. Thereby centrifugal political forces were released. These forces rallied behind environmental issues of local, and thus local ethnic significance. The ensuing political mobilization was nationalist in spirit.

Department/s

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

140-159

Publication/Series

Miljöhistoria över gränser

Volume

3

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Malmö högskola

Topic

  • History

Keywords

  • politics
  • natural environment
  • pollution
  • new thinking
  • glasnost
  • Soviet Union
  • perestroika

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1652-2761
  • ISBN: 91-7104-037-4