A Case study of an eco-socialist organization : ecology collective

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2013
Kayabaş, Ergün
The aim of this thesis is to analyse how ecological crisis can be seen from the perspective of ecosocialism. Firstly, the ecosocialist literature was examined. Secondly,The Association of Ecology Collective was observed in order to analyse ecosocialist perspective in the field. For that purpose, all issues of Kolektif which is the main journal of Ecology Collective were examined. Additionally, five semi structured interviews have been conducted with the members of Ecology Collective.

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E. Kayabaş, “A Case study of an eco-socialist organization : ecology collective,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2013.