A Broad Alliance of Civil Society Organizations on Climate Change Mitigation: Political Strength or Legitimizing Support?

Nilsen, Heidi Rapp; Strømsnes, Kristin; Schmidt, Ulla

doi:10.1080/17448689.2017.1399596

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“…In addition, though many governments view CSOs as legitimate and helpful partners, the situation may differ from place to place. Thus, in countries where CSO activities are suppressed, civic groups ought to adapt different approaches in responding to diverse situations and government policies and positions on particular issues (Pollard & Court, 2005;Nilsen, Strømsnes, & Schmidt, 2018).…”

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“…A recent study by Nilsen, Strømsnes and Schmidt (2018) analyzes the efforts of 101 different organizations that came together under the umbrella of climate change mitigation just before the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary elections. The aim of the group was 'to make climate change mitigation the most important issue in the election campaign' (p. 20).…”

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Understanding the Dynamics and Operations of Civil Society in the 21st Century: A Literature Review

Botchway¹

2019

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This article sets out to review the extant literature on civil society. Indeed the literature on civil society abounds with several views and perspectives, especially on the theoretical debates on the concept. However, in order to avoid the unnecessary entanglement of the unending theoretical debates that have characterized the subject, the article focuses on the activities and operations as well as the usefulness of civil society in the twenty first century. The article consequently tries to identify the literature that discusses the activities of civil society across the globe. It begins by giving a general background to the concept of civil society. This is then followed by discussions on civil society and how it relates to democracy and democratic consolidation and development in different parts of the world with particular emphasis on Africa. It then examines the activities of CSOs in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region (with emphasis on Malaysia). It further examines the changing nature of CSOs in the midst of global crisis by discussing how civil society has operated in challenging times amidst financial crisis, terrorism, etc. It concludes by suggesting some new ways of understanding civil society.

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Section: Csos In Europe: a Call To Duty Or An Europeanization Agenda?mentioning

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Understanding the Dynamics and Operations of Civil Society in the 21st Century: A Literature Review

Botchway¹

2019

JPL

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“…Work in this cluster of 18 (22%) articles addresses voluntary organizations in local environmental politics (e.g., Daneri et al, 2021), environmental justice movements (Vandepitte et al, 2019), advocacy and litigation coalitions (Aamodt, 2018; Holm & Berardo, 2020; Nilsen et al, 2018), the role of religious and indigenous organizations in environmental conservation teaching and awareness (e.g., Brown et al, 2021; Ellingson et al, 2012; Mlaki & Massawe, 2019; Standley et al, 2009), nonprofit scientific institutions as brokers of credible climate change information (e.g., Wagner et al, 2021), and the role of voluntary organizations in participatory governance or as democracy-building, bottom-up actors in climate action (e.g., Greenspan et al, 2022; Van Veelen & Eadson, 2019). Two articles address advocacy organizations vis-à-vis the commercial sector (e.g., Odziemkowska, 2022; Spitz et al, 2021).…”

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Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector: An Introduction

Gazley

Prakash

2023

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The voluntary and civil society sector plays important roles in climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, especially given the pervasive government and market failures in this policy domain. Does the quality and quantity of scholarship published in nonprofit-focused journals reflect the topic’s importance? This article reviews voluntary sector scholarship on climate issues and serves to introduce Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly’s first organized collection of research on the voluntary sector and climate change. We begin by summarizing and commenting on the findings of a modified systematic literature review of past research on this subject. We then introduce the other five articles published in this symposium, place them in the context of past literature, and discuss their potential contributions to helping researchers expand the conversation and the knowledge on this topic in future work. Finally, we outline ideas and issues for future research.

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“…A study investigating civic engagement to advance climate change mitigation in Norway described how 101 diverse organisations pushed for that agenda to be key in the election campaign resulting in the agreement to adopt demands related to climate improvement (Nilsen, Strømsnes & Schmidt, 2018). Similarly, a study documenting civic engagement for environment conservation in Canada reported that forming a coalition of diverse organisations enabled them to be more effective to pursue the cause to influence the government (Burton, 2019).…”

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Media Consumption and Civic Engagement: The Reasoned Action Theory as a Way Forward to Determine The Relationship

Ramanair¹

2020

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Communication is important to enable ideas to be transformed into informed actions. As such, the media used for such communication is crucial and play an important role in broadcasting the information. The proliferation of the Internet has greatly enhanced the important role of the media and changed the landscape of the media industry. In addition to conventional media, consumers are now able to access a variety of social media applications. Both types of media are important and needs to be considered as it continues to be consumed across demographics and play important roles in communicating information. Further, both types of media are capable of informing and shaping the views of consumers in a variety of areas from the political to the social. The important question remains as to whether increased availability, access, and connectivity to the various types of media and the information provided have enabled opportunities to media consumers to engage in discussions to stimulate civic engagement leading to activism. Research investigating users' media consumption and civic engagement with issues explored is largely not well theorised and often offer inconclusive or conflicting results. As such, the ensuing discussion proposes a way forward utilising the Reasoned Action Theory to determine the relationship between media consumption and civic engagement.

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A Broad Alliance of Civil Society Organizations on Climate Change Mitigation: Political Strength or Legitimizing Support?

Cited by 6 publications

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Understanding the Dynamics and Operations of Civil Society in the 21st Century: A Literature Review

Understanding the Dynamics and Operations of Civil Society in the 21st Century: A Literature Review

Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector: An Introduction

Media Consumption and Civic Engagement: The Reasoned Action Theory as a Way Forward to Determine The Relationship

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