A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism

This thesis analyses the animal advocacy movement, examining its ideological foundations and other factors that influence animal advocacy organisations. There is a particular emphasis on the differences between animal rights and animal welfare, as well as the emergence of veganism. Animal advocacy c...

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Main Author: Pendergrast, Nicholas Preston
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2472
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description This thesis analyses the animal advocacy movement, examining its ideological foundations and other factors that influence animal advocacy organisations. There is a particular emphasis on the differences between animal rights and animal welfare, as well as the emergence of veganism. Animal advocacy campaigns are analysed from a sociological perspective, drawing on theories related to social movements and organisations. The central research question is: how are animal advocacy campaigns consistent with different forms of rationality and organisational forms?
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-24722017-02-20T06:37:30Z A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism Pendergrast, Nicholas Preston This thesis analyses the animal advocacy movement, examining its ideological foundations and other factors that influence animal advocacy organisations. There is a particular emphasis on the differences between animal rights and animal welfare, as well as the emergence of veganism. Animal advocacy campaigns are analysed from a sociological perspective, drawing on theories related to social movements and organisations. The central research question is: how are animal advocacy campaigns consistent with different forms of rationality and organisational forms? 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2472 en Curtin University fulltext
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A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title_full A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title_fullStr A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title_full_unstemmed A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title_short A sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: Organisations, rationality and veganism
title_sort sociological examination of the contemporary animal advocacy movement: organisations, rationality and veganism
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2472