Conservation

Abstract

This chapter will present an analysis of mobilisation, framing processes and outcomes of environmental conservation campaigns in Ireland. By locating contemporary disputes about the public space in Ireland within an understanding of this transition from a traditional rural and agrarian society into that of a modern industrialised and urbanised European state, a wider understanding of the circumstances surrounding such contests emerges. ¹ This form of analysis goes beyond a social narrative, and facilitates a fuller understanding of the consequences emanating from the framing and reframing of heritage within a context of a society where an obsession with history has been displaced by a zealous predilection for economic development.

Citation

(2017), "Conservation", The Sustainable Nation (Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Vol. 21), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 13-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-503020170000021003