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