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Liam Leonard is an author of three books on environmental issues and social movements in Ireland. He is a lecturer in sociology and political studies in the National University of Ireland. A former constituency secretary and youth officer for the Labour Party of Ireland, Dr. Leonard is now involved in Green Party politics, and has worked to create links between the Northern Ireland Greens and their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland. He is the Founder and Senior Editor of the Ecopolitics Online Journal.

Dr. Leonard was born in Philadelphia in the United States, and has lived in London and Dublin before settling in the west of Ireland. He was conferred with a PhD in Political Science and Sociology, having first gained a MPhil in Irish Studies from the National University of Ireland. Dr. Leonard is also founder and editor of Irish Greenhouse Press, publishers of books and online material, with a primary focus on environmental issues and political sociology.

Contents [hide] 1 Politics Inflamed 2 Green Nation 3 The Environmental Movement in Ireland 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Politics Inflamed Politics Inflamed: GSE and the campaign against incineration in Ireland (2005) Galway: Irish Greenhouse Press Ecopolitics Series Volume 1 and Drogheda: Choice. Politics Inflamed was Leonard's first book, examining campaigns against incineration in Ireland.

[edit] Green Nation Green Nation: the environmental movement in Ireland from Carnsore Point to the Rossport 5 (2006) Galway: Irish Greenhouse Press Ecopolitics Series Volume 2 and Drogheda: Choice. Green Nation, Leonard's second book, has been critically acclaimed for its development of an understanding of the rural based nature of the Irish environmental movement. The book introduces the author's concept of 'rural sentiment' or the visceral connections which links communities to their hinterlands, leading to episodes of collective action against infrastructural developments.

[edit] The Environmental Movement in Ireland The Environmental Movement in Ireland (2008) Dordrecht: Springer. This study develops the themes introduced by Leonard in his first two books. The concept of 'rural sentiment' is extended into a discussion of ecological capital, while existing case studies are revised and updated.

[edit] References

Leonard, L. (2005) Politics Inflamed: GSE and the campaign against incineration in Ireland (2005) Galway: Irish Greenhouse Press Ecopolitics Series Volume 1 and Drogheda: Choice.

Leonard, L. (2006) Green Nation: the Irish Environmental Movement from Carnsore Point to the Rossport 5. Galway: Irish Greenhouse Press Ecopolitics Series Volume 2 and Drogheda: Choice. ISBN 1-905451-11-3

Leonard, L. (2008) The Environmental Movement in Ireland (2008) Dordrecht: Springer.

Leonard, L. (2007) 'Towards an Understanding of a Territorial Resource Dispute': The “Shell to Sea” Campaign in North Mayo’. Irish Journal of Sociology, Dublin: UCD. August 2007

Leonard, L. (2007) 'Environmental Movements and Internet Technology' Irish Communications Review Dublin: DIT

Leonard, L. 2008 'Fear & Loathing in the Emerald Isle' CounterPunch Feb 21 2008 Petrolia, CA: CounterPunch

[edit] External links

Ecopolitics Online: [1] Irish Communications Review: [2] Springer Publishing: [3] CounterPunch: [4]