Career: Christopher Rootes is Professor of Environmental Politics and Political Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements at the University of Kent, Canterbury. His principal research interests are in environmental protest, environmental movements, and the interactions between environmental campaigners and industry, government and governmental agencies. In addition to his established interests in cross-nationally comparative research on protest, social movements and political participation, he is increasingly interested in the formation and implementation of environmental policy, particularly in respect of climate change. Professor Rootes founded the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements. He is co-editor of the journal Environmental Politics (see url below), International Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Sociology and a member of the Editorial Boards of Mobilization: The International Journal of Research and Theory about Social Movements, Protest, and Collective Behavior and Social Movement Studies.

Publications include: Environmental Movements: Local, National and Global (editor) 1999, Environmental Protest in Western Europe (editor) 2003 (updated 2007); numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: SSPSSR, Faculty of Social Sciences, Cornwallis North East, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, England; Tel: +44 (0)1227 823374; Fax: +44 (0)1227 827005; Email: c.a.rootes@kent.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09644016.asp/ .