Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism

Berglund, Oscar; Schmidt, Daniel

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“…This latter viewwhich was expressed by half the participantssuggests a disregard for the struggles of others and a lack of willingness to engage with their issues as linked to the same root causes. Our findings here correspond to those of Berglund and Schmidt (2020), who argue that it makes for easier initial mobilisation but does not augur well for XR in the longer term.…”

Section: Diagnostic Framesupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Group 2 argued it was counter-productive to place blame on elites, and instead claimed it was the fault of "the system". Despite this, though, these participants also expressed a strong belief that capitalism wasn't incompatible with finding solutions to climate change, and finding alternatives within it was the best course of action (see Berglund and Schmidt 2020). Degrowth was the most commonly identified alternative.…”

Section: Examining the Framing Processes Of Xr Norwichmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this sense, XR Norwich's framing processes appear to be subject to the false-consensus building criticism Swyngedouw (2010) argues characterises "post-political" approaches to environmental governance. This framing is problematic because it hides corporate complicity in prolonging climate inaction and presents solutions that cast climate change as a physical phenomena which is solvable within market solutions (Dorsey 2007;Berglund and Schmidt 2020). The fact that XR has engaged with corporate sponsors and backers (Morningstar 2019) lends credence to this suggestion, since it opens it up to charges of promoting or at least being ambivalent to the prioritisation of a pro-business agenda over a social equity agenda.…”

Section: The Challenge Of Post-politics For Xrmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perhaps what XR has demonstrated is that there is an appetite for mass-mobilisation on climate change amongst the broader public, but not one which sees a critique of capitalism as an essential element of climate action. However, ifas its handbook suggests -XR sees itself as actively engaged with CJ and uses the terminology of the CJ movement (see Knight 2019), it cannot ignore critiques of capitalism without risking perpetuating global injustices, allowing for co-option by elite actors, and ultimately alienating a significant potential constituency (see Berglund and Schmidt 2020). Further research in this area is vital.…”

Section: The Challenge Of Post-politics For Xrmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How does Extinction Rebellion engage with climate justice? A case study of XR Norwich

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Edwards

2021

Local Environment

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Extinction Rebellion (XR) has rapidly risen to prominence in the last two years, but in part because of the group's meteoric rise, there are relatively few academic analyses of it. This paper draws on collectiveaction framing theory to examine the engagement of one XR group -XR Norwichwith notions of climate justice. Drawing on ten in-depth interviews conducted in mid-2019, it argues that despite general concern for the global South, XR Norwich members mostly framed climate change in terms more reminiscent of mainstream environmental policy makers, rather than the radical climate justice movement. This raises questions about the extent to which XR Norwich engages their members on climate justice concerns, whether XR Norwich is more concerned with generating appeal instead of offering radical solutions, and whether such a strategy might lead to factionalism within the broader XR movement.

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Section: Diagnostic Framesupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: Examining the Framing Processes Of Xr Norwichmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Challenge Of Post-politics For Xrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Challenge Of Post-politics For Xrmentioning

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How does Extinction Rebellion engage with climate justice? A case study of XR Norwich

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2021

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“…As long as increasing numbers of students will join in the 'Fridays for Future' strikes, there will be sufficient momentum to keep the movement in the headlines. Notwithstanding, in order to increase impact, other movements, such as Extinction Rebellion, have begun to initiate activities that (slightly) harm others; for example, by blockading major traffic junctions (Berglund and Schmidt, 2020). While undeniably impactful, any escalation of measures also risks costing sympathies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Options for developing European strategies on citizenship education

Abs

2021

European Educational Research Journal

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This article explores the tools and strategic options for policymaking of two European intergovernmental organisations in the area of citizenship education. The first section analyses the policy tools used to date, whereas the second section presents current global, political and education-specific challenges in the field. The third section investigates options for how the two organisations might develop their policymaking in future years with a view to formulating recommendations to enable these organisations to make the best use of the policy tools and resources at their disposal. Overall, the article suggests that both the Council of Europe and the European Union are facing significant legal and resource restraints – to a greater extent where the Council of Europe is concerned and to a somewhat lesser extent for the European Union – that limit their capacity to shape and enforce citizenship education policymaking at national levels. Both institutions therefore rely heavily on informational and, to some extent, financial and organisational tools to influence policymaking. Finally, the paper presents a set of clear and actionable goals for improving the power and impact of the informational and organizational policy tools at the disposal of both institutions.

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Extinction Rebellion

Doherty¹,

Hayes²

2022

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

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Extinction Rebellion is part of a new transnational wave of climate movements and protests that emerged in 2018, given impetus by a 2018 report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which had set out the need for radical reductions in carbon emissions by 2030. Like the youth climate strikes, which also first appeared that year, it brought new activists into the streets, challenged authorities, and led to increased political debate about the urgency of action on climate change. Extinction Rebellion (or XR) differs from the Greta Thunberg‐inspired school climate strikes in prioritizing mass civil disobedience, directed primarily at national governments and located mainly in national capitals. It originated in the UK, and although it has spread to over 80 countries and has diversified, the template provided by the UK group has shaped XR's character and repertoire globally. In part, this explains some of the challenges that the movement has faced.

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Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism

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