Civil Society Activism and Animal Welfare Rights
1st Edition
Published on 26. September 2025
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-1-4473-7019-2 (ISBN)
Description
Despite increasing legal recognition of animal rights, policy making remains inconsistent, and civil society's role in shaping governance is underexplored. Civil Society Activism and Animal Welfare Rights offers new empirical and theoretical insights into how advocacy groups influence animal welfare policy in the UK and India.
Applying extensive research and interviews with key animal welfare organisations, this book examines the challenges, progress and future prospects of civil society activism. It shows how animal rights and welfare have risen up the political agenda as parties have adapted to increasing public support.
This is a timely and in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of animal rights and governance.
Applying extensive research and interviews with key animal welfare organisations, this book examines the challenges, progress and future prospects of civil society activism. It shows how animal rights and welfare have risen up the political agenda as parties have adapted to increasing public support.
This is a timely and in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of animal rights and governance.
Reviews / Votes
"A well-executed book that successfully combines innovative primary research with deep philosophical reflection on human-animal interactions and the evolution of animal welfare policy, with particular emphasis on the role of devolved institutions and civil society in the UK and India. Strongly recommended." Alistair Cole, Sciences Po LyonMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 6 s/w Tabellen
6 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-7019-2 (9781447370192)
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Paul Chaney | Sarbeswar Sahoo
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Persons
Paul Chaney is Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social Economic Research and Data (WISERD) and Professor of Policy and Politics at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Sarbeswar Sahoo is Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sarbeswar Sahoo is Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Civil society and animal welfare: international perspectives
3. New perspectives: civil society and animal welfare
4. New spaces? New agendas? Civil society and the electoral
politics of animal welfare
5. Challenging the lawmakers: lobbying Westminster
6. Challenging the lawmakers: lobbying the Welsh and Scottish
Governments and Parliaments
7. Civil society organisations' experiences of animal welfare
activism in New Delhi
8. Progress and future prospects for civil society activism and
animal welfare
2. Civil society and animal welfare: international perspectives
3. New perspectives: civil society and animal welfare
4. New spaces? New agendas? Civil society and the electoral
politics of animal welfare
5. Challenging the lawmakers: lobbying Westminster
6. Challenging the lawmakers: lobbying the Welsh and Scottish
Governments and Parliaments
7. Civil society organisations' experiences of animal welfare
activism in New Delhi
8. Progress and future prospects for civil society activism and
animal welfare