The Sierra Club and Environmental History: A Selected Bibliography

Proffitt, Merrilee

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“…After consulting an existing bibliography on the history of Sierra Club (Proffitt 1992), we focused most heavily on the following sources: LeConte (1917) "The Sierra Club", Strong (1977) "The Sierra Club-A History", Cohen (1988) The History of the Sierra Club, 1892-1970, and Turner (1991 Sierra Club: 100 Years of Defending Nature. We refer also to articles…”

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Growing the Green Giant: Ecological Threats, Political Threats, and U.S. Membership in Sierra Club, 1892–Present

Coley

Schachle

2021

Social Sciences

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A growing body of research examines questions related to the emergence of environmental organizations and the growth of the environmental organizational field in the United States, but we need to know more about why particular environmental organizations grow or decline in terms of membership size over time. In this article, we draw on both qualitative and quantitative data to assess factors contributing to the growth of the Sierra Club, one of the United States’ oldest and largest environmental organizations. First, through an analytic narrative that synthesizes insights from secondary accounts of the history of the Sierra Club, we identify a variety of ecological and political threats that have led to growth in the Sierra Club from its founding in 1892 to the present day. Then, through time-series analyses of quantitative data, we show that two particular types of environmental and political threats—growth in carbon dioxide emissions and the presence of Republican Presidents—have led to growth in the Sierra Club from 1960 (when it began mass recruitment of members) to 2016. We contextualize these findings within the broader social scientific literature on neoliberalism and its consequences for environmental degradation and environmental mobilization. Overall, our findings provide support for threat-based models of mobilization and hold significant implications for research on environmental organizations.

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Growing the Green Giant: Ecological Threats, Political Threats, and U.S. Membership in Sierra Club, 1892–Present

Coley

Schachle

2021

Social Sciences

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Using Dissertations to Examine Potential Bias in Child and Adolescent Clinical Trials.

McLeod

Weisz

2004

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

115

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The major youth psychotherapy meta-analyses have relied on published studies, which may have led to biased effect size estimates. To examine this possibility, the authors compared 121 dissertations with 134 published studies and found the following: (a) few differences on individual methodological variables, but, overall, stronger methodology in dissertations; (b) no differences in the steps taken to ensure treatment integrity; and (c) a mean dissertation effect size less than half that of published studies. The effect size difference remained robust across tests controlling for all reliable method differences. The findings suggest that dissertations are so strong, both methodologically and clinically, that they warrant inclusion in child psychotherapy meta-analyses and that previous meta-analyses, by excluding them, may have overestimated treatment effects.

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The Sierra Club and Environmental History: A Selected Bibliography

Cited by 2 publications

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Growing the Green Giant: Ecological Threats, Political Threats, and U.S. Membership in Sierra Club, 1892–Present

Growing the Green Giant: Ecological Threats, Political Threats, and U.S. Membership in Sierra Club, 1892–Present

Using Dissertations to Examine Potential Bias in Child and Adolescent Clinical Trials.

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