From Environmental Action to Ecoterrorism? - Towards a Process Theory of Environmental and Animal Rights Oriented Political Violence Author Nagtzaam G. Date 2017 Source IUCN (ID: MON-093207) Publisher | Place of publication Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd | Cheltenham, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-84980-119-5 Pages 368 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen. Keyword NGO Military activities Abstract This book scrutinizes the growth of the ecoterrorism movement operating on a global scale, focusing on the main groups and their more radical offshoots, both historically and currently active. These include Earth First!, the Earth Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Front and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Gerry Nagtzaam critically examines how these groups formed and how they have evolved, their key personnel, their strategies and tactics, principles, motivating philosophies and attitudes to violence. Full text MON-093207TOC.pdf DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785367359