Nimby Is Beautiful : Cases of Local Activism and Environmental Innovation Around the World

NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) protests are often criticized as parochial and short-lived, generating no lasting influence on broader processes related to environmental politics. This volume offers a different perspective. Drawing on cases from around the globe, it demonstrates that NIMBY protests, although always arising from a local concern in a particular community, often result in broader political, social, and technological change. Chapters include cases from Europe, North America, and Asia, engaging with the full political spectrum from established democracies to non-democratic countries. Regardless of political setting, NIMBY movements can have a positive and proactive role in generating innovative solutions to local as well as transnational environmental issues. Furthermore, those solutions are now serving as models for communities and countries around the world. Introduction : A New Look At Nimby / Carol Hager -- How Do Grassroots Environmental Protests Incite Innovation? / Helen M. Poulos -- From Nimby To Networks : Protest And Innovation In German Energy Politics / Carol Hager -- Nimby And Yimby : Movements For And Against Renewable Energy In Germany And The United States / Miranda Schreurs And Dörte Ohlhorst -- Hell No We Won't Glow! : How Targeted Communities Deployed An Injustice Frame To Shed The Nimby Label And Defeat Low-level Radioactive Waste Facilities In The United States / Daniel J. Sherman -- Protecting Cultural Heritage : Unexpected Successes For Environmental Movements In China And Russia / Elizabeth Plantan -- The Dalian Chemical Plant Protest, Environmental Activism, And China's Developing Civil Society / Michael M. Gunter, Jr -- Local Activism And Environmental Innovation In Japan / Takashi Kanatsu -- From Backyard Environmental Advocacy To National Democratization : The Cases Of South Korea And Taiwan / Mary Alice Haddad -- Conclusion : Nimby Is Beautiful : How Local Environmental Protests Are Changing The World / Mary Alice Haddad. Edited By Carol Hager And Mary Alice Haddad. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Illustrations Preface Introduction: A New Look at NIMBY CHAPTER 1 How do Grassroots Environmental Protests Incite Innovation? CHAPTER 2 From NIMBY to Networks: Protest and Innovation in German Energy Politics CHAPTER 3 NIMBY and YIMBY: Movements For and Against Renewable Energy in Germany and the United States CHAPTER 4 Hell No, We Won’t Glow! How Targeted Communities Deployed an Injustice Frame to Shed the NIMBY Label and Defeat Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities in the United States CHAPTER 5 Protecting Cultural Heritage: Unexpected Successes for Environmental Movements in China and Russia CHAPTER 6 The Dalian Chemical Plant Protest, Environmental Activism, and China’s Developing Civil Society CHAPTER 7 Local Activism and Environmental Innovation in Japan CHAPTER 8 From Backyard Environmental Advocacy to National Democratization: The Cases of South Korea and Taiwan CONCLUSION NIMBY is Beautiful: How Local Environmental Protests Are Changing the World Contributors Index