POLI 212 Chapter 8 & 12: POLI 212 Chapter 8 and 12 Notes
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Environmental movement: concern about the environment in europe began in the 1960s, primarily with regard to water pollution, thought that sufficient know-how and financial resources could remedy the situation. When a place was threatened with some environmental danger, ordinary citizens often took initiative and organized to defend their interests. These groups would often stay together after the original issue had been settled: a third layer appeared when environmentalists began to organize their own political party. The green party does not speak for the entire environmental movement. Many environmentalists prefer to stay outside a party framework, whereas others try to work with older parties a fourth later of the environmental movement: environmental issues have become less of a concern amongst europeans. American military presence in europe: the goal of the peace movement was to distance europe from tensions between the. Soviets and americans: a policy of neutralism or nonalignment was advocated for europe, ex.