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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Curtin University
2014
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| author | Pendergrast, Nicholas Preston |
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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 |
| spellingShingle | Pendergrast, Nicholas Preston 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 |