Civil Society, Social Movements, and Climate Change

Caniglia, Beth Schaefer; Brulle, Robert J.; Szasz, Andrew

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“…What this shows overall is that, although political ideology and populist attitudes are strong predictors of climate change attitudes at the individual level (Huber, 2020;Huber et al, 2020;McCright et al, 2016), we do not see that country-level shifts to the (populist) right are so strongly associated with decreased concern both between and within countries. A reason for this could be that climate skeptic stances of right-wing populist parties are counteracted by a stronger mobilization of pro-climate movements influencing public attitudes (Caniglia et al, 2015;Hagedorn et al, 2019), but researching this is beyond the scope of this study and should provide fruitful inspiration for future research.…”

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Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism

Duijndam

Beukering

2020

Climate Policy

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European survey data shows strong temporal fluctuations in climate change concern within European countries and large differences in concern between these countries. However, there is as yet no comprehensive understanding of what drives these longitudinal and cross-sectional patterns. To fill this knowledge gap, this study analyzes data of over 155,000 survey respondents from 28 European countries over the period 2008-2017. This study is the first to apply within-between random effects models to simultaneously analyze longitudinal and cross-sectional determinants of climate change concern, and examine if and how the influence of these determinants has changed over time. Substantively, it researches the nexus between climate change and two other crises that have captured the imagination of European publics over the studied period: the liberal democracy crisis and the economic crisis. The former is characterized by the rise of right-wing populist parties in Europe. Right-wing populism is often at odds with climate change policies, and its rise in popularity could have undermined public concern about climate change. We find only a weak negative longitudinal relationship between such concern and the popularity of right-wing populist parties, and no significant cross-sectional relationship. We find that economic performance is strongly positively associated with concern, with GDP per capita being most important for explaining crosscountry differences in concern, and deviations in unemployment being most important for explaining longitudinal within-country change. However, this negative longitudinal relationship with unemployment weakens considerably over time, illustrating the importance of including dynamic effects in modeling efforts to generate more reliable results. Key policy insights. The percentage of European respondents mentioning climate change as one of the most serious world problems declined from 65% in 2008 to 43% in 2017.. This study does not find a strong direct relationship between the rise of climate skeptic right-wing populist parties and public concern about climate change.. Economic factors are important predictors of climate change concern, with GDP per capita being the dominant driver of between-country differences, and unemployment the dominant within-country predictor.. The marginal impact of unemployment was much stronger during, rather than after, the economic crisis.

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Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism

Duijndam

Beukering

2020

Climate Policy

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“…Social Movements, particularly when they take the form of Environmental Social Organizations (ESMOs), have the capability to evoke sensitivity towards social and environmental problems among citizens and mobilize people and resources geared to help facilitate lasting social changes [97 and 98]. There are several factors that can lead social movements to success, including organizational structure, strategy and tactics, resource mobilization, framing the problem, and political opportunity [99].…”

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Human Interaction with the Natural Environment: The POETICAS Model as a Framework for Understanding and Praxis in Late Modernity

Burns

Hekmatpour

Speer

2018

IJECC

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Using the acronym POETICAS, we explore eight major facets of humankind’s relationship with the natural environment. We make the case that, while they are not mutually exclusive, they are nonetheless analytically distinct. We explore the roles of: 1) Population & demography; 2) Organizations & institutions; 3) Ecology; 4) Technology; 5) Illness & health; 6) Culture; 7) Affluence & inequality; and 8) Scale & time. We examine each of these facets in turn, looking not only at their main effects, but also considering many of the interactions among these factors in a broader ecological context. Building on earlier models, we make a case that this broader and more robust model can offer a framework for civic discourse about the human-environment interface that is useable to a wide array of audiences, including students and researchers as well as policy makers, members of social movement organizations, and engaged citizens seeking an overarching framework that can help make sense of a variety of otherwise disparate findings.

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“…This media work by the denial movement has greatly contributed to the bipartisan polarization of the U.S. political sphere on any discussion of climate change responsibility, impacts, or responses. Caniglia, Brulle, and Szasz (2015) debate. This has the effect of making an ecological modernization discourse appear as the main voice of the environmental movement in media coverage and policy debate, while limiting the visibility of civic environmentalism perspectives, or groups that are more strongly aligned with a climate justice perspective, within both media and political spheres.…”

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Media, politics, and climate change: the ASA Task Force report and beyond

Stoddart

Ylä‐Anttila

Tindall

2017

Environmental Sociology

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We take the report as a jumping off point to provide an overview of research on climate change in the media sphere and in the political sphere. The political sphere and the media sphere are key sites for the politics of climate change, where the meaning of the causes and consequences of climate change, as well as policy responses for mitigation and adaptation, are contested and negotiated among policy makers, corporate interests, environmental scientists, environmental movements and counter-movements. While there are substantial bodies of research on climate change within both the political and media spheres, less research specifically addresses how the social dynamics of one of these spheres shapes social interaction in the other sphere. Insights into the relationships between these spheres are suggested by the ASA Task Force report, but this area is under-examined in current research. As such, we argue that there is a need for more research that bridges policy-oriented and media-oriented perspectives on climate change.

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Civil Society, Social Movements, and Climate Change

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Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism

Understanding public concern about climate change in Europe, 2008–2017: the influence of economic factors and right-wing populism

Human Interaction with the Natural Environment: The POETICAS Model as a Framework for Understanding and Praxis in Late Modernity

Media, politics, and climate change: the ASA Task Force report and beyond

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