Not in My Backyard: How Citizen Activists Nationalized Local Politics in the Fight to Save Green Springs

by Brian Balogh

How a woman-led citizens' group beat a Southern political machine by enlisting federal bureaucrats and judges to protect their neighborhood from unchecked economic development This social history of local political activism tells the story of the decades-long fight to save Green Springs, Virginia, illuminating the economic tradeoffs of protecting the environment, the origins of NIMBYism, the changing nature of local control, and the surprising power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300253788
• ISBN13: 9780300253788
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.7"