TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The nexus where law, social movements, and organizations meet demands further explication. This research adds to our understandings of these dynamics by examining the case of the central Appalachian anti-strip mining movement. After developing a social network technique to analyze over thirty years of newspapers, we find a period of reduced movement activity following the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Conversely, we observe a reinvigoration of the movement following the passage of the Clean Air Amendments of 1990 and the perverse incentives they created for mountaintop removal mining. Finally, we see that joint participation in lawsuits is a primary tie that binds these groups together.
VL  - 66
SN  - 978-1-78441-568-6, 978-1-78441-567-9/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1108/S1059-433720150000066002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720150000066002
AU  - Perdue Robert Todd
AU  - McCarty Christopher
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Unearthing a Network of Resistance: Law and the Anti-Strip Mining Movement in Central Appalachia
T2  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 35
EP  - 61
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -