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The role of radical action in the animal rights movementPettinen, Katja 10 April 2002 (has links)
Past research has categorized animal rights groups into three main categories;
conservative, moderate, and radical. While a few studies exist on the animal rights
movement as a whole, none have focused specifically on the radical groups. This research
project uses an ethnography of communication approach to examine how language
constructs notions of radicalism inside a small grass roots level animal rights group. The
basic theoretical foundation guiding the study is that language constructs social reality and
is thus inherently linked with culture. Using Del Hyme's (1972) ethnography of
communication as a theoretical and methodological guide, this research takes into an
account the importance of analyzing language and communication as something that forms
the cultural landscape of animal rights subculture.
This thesis explores the four main cultural themes of animal rights activism at the
local level; (1) the centrality of activism in the lives of the informants, (2) the frustration of
being labeled and not being taken seriously, (3) the centrality of radical action, and (4) the
national movement as a source of further frustration but also as an important element of the
activist identity. Furthermore, based on the informant data I identify four main issues
within the public discourse, which the activists find problematic. Critical Discourse
Analysis is used in order to explore the ways in which radicalism is constructed in the
media coverage of animal rights issues. / Graduation date: 2002
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Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysisJamison, Wesley V. 06 May 1994 (has links)
The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and
behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists,
placing them in the context of resource policy. It is
argued that the animal rights movement combined the
Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to
modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass
movements. Animal rights activism emerged from a sociopolitical
milieu that legitimized and encouraged political
activism in the form of interest groups, and was consistent
with American interest group politics. Nonetheless, the
movement could not have appeared in its current form prior
to the 1960's. Changes in American politics during the last
four decades have facilitated the emergence of mass
movements, including civil rights and environmentalism.
Survey research indicated that activists were
caucasian, highly-educated urban professional women
approximately thirty years old with a median income of
$33,000 (1989). Most were Democrats or Independents and had
moderate to liberal political views. They were often
suspicious of science. It was concluded that animal rights
activism is, in part, a symbolic manifestation of
egalitarian social and political beliefs reacting to
scientific and technological change.
The California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 provided
a case study of the movement's implications for natural
resource policy. Activists were able to ban the hunting of
mountain lions and reallocate $900 million dollars in the
California budget toward habitat acquisition. They
demonstrated sophistication and finesse in building a
coalition with environmentalists. Nevertheless, both
movements were divided by fundamental philosophical
differences which makes political cooperation difficult.
Animal rights activism was also marked by extraordinary
levels of intensity which arose from quasi-religious fervor,
and it is suggested that activism fulfills Yinger's
functional definition of religion in the lives of at least
some of the movement's core constituency. This explains the
movement's ability to retain activism in the face of
incremental change.
The thesis concludes with a discussion concerning the
future implications of animal rights activism in society
(312 words). / Graduation date: 1994
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The voice of women for animal rights and welfare.Tweyman-Erez, Justine January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Jack Miller.
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A more humane society : animal welfare and human nature in England, 1950-1976Kramer, Molly Baer January 2016 (has links)
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