Networks in Contention - The Divisive Politics of Climate Change

This book examines how interactions between organizations within the international climate change movement shape tactics and outcomes in climate change negotiations.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The Copenhagen movement; 2. The emergence of a divided network; 3. A network approach to collective action; 4. Conventional climate advocacy; 5. Climate justice activism; 6. Implications for global politics; Conclusion.

Info autore

Jennifer Hadden is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Her research on such topics as international relations, environmental politics, social network analysis and social movements has been published in Mobilization and Global Environmental Politics. In 2012, she was the co-recipient of the American Political Science Association's Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award for the best dissertation in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics. She also received the 2011 Esman Graduate Prize for Distinguished Scholarship from Cornell University and a Young Scholars in Social Movements award from the University of Notre Dame in 2010. She is a regular participant in the UN climate process.

Riassunto

Networks in Contention examines how interactions between different organizations within the international climate change movement shape strategic decisions and the outcomes organizations are able to achieve. It explores how these actors can become more effective and suggests lessons for the future coordination of activism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Hadden, Jennifer (University of Maryland Hadden, Hadden Jennifer
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107089587
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08958-7
• Pagine: 239
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics & government, Comparative Politics