The Poverty of Environmentalism

The transformation of American liberalism over the past half-century is limned in the disputes roiling an out of the way area of upstate New York. In 1965, as part of his war on poverty President Lyndon Johnson created The Appalachian Regional Commission. Included among the areas to be served by the...

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Published in:Society (New Brunswick) 2014-06, Vol.51 (3), p.258-261
Main Author: Siegel, Fred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Analysis
Appalachia
Architectural Education
Carbon emissions
Coal
Commissions
Counties
Disputes
Employment Opportunities
Environmental movement
Environmental protection
Environmentalism
Family Income
Fuels
Governors
Hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulics
Income
Landowners
Liberalism
Mining
Natural gas
Natural resources
New York
Oil wells
Political aspects
Political Science
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Poverty Programs
Presidents
Social policy
Social Sciences
Sociology
Symposium: The Scope and Reach of the Regulatory State
War
Water
Well Being
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Summary:The transformation of American liberalism over the past half-century is limned in the disputes roiling an out of the way area of upstate New York. In 1965, as part of his war on poverty President Lyndon Johnson created The Appalachian Regional Commission. Included among the areas to be served by the commission were the Southern Tier counties of New York State including Broome, Tioga and Chemung. Its central aim was to Increase job opportunities and per capita income in Appalachia to reach parity with the nation. Like so many Great Society anti-poverty programs it largely failed. The very images of collapsing barns and broken down farmhouses that once inspired the Great Society, noted Jock Spivy, are in abundant supply today in New York Southern tier of counties. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/s12115-014-9773-2