Relational Processes and Networks in Environmental Politics

Eva Fernández G., Monica Di Gregorio, Carlos Bravo‐Laguna and Petr Ocelík
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Eva Fernández G.: Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Monica Di Gregorio: Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
Carlos Bravo‐Laguna: Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Petr Ocelík: Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, Czechia / International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czechia

Politics and Governance, 2025, vol. 13

Abstract: The inherently relational nature of environmental politics has stimulated the growth of network-oriented research. This concluding commentary emphasizes relationality in environmental political processes as central to understanding multilevel, multi-actor socio-ecological polities. We consider the dual role of networks—both as connecting structures and as prisms of cognitive and symbolic interactions that co-constitute identities and value systems—which shape and govern environmental outcomes. Building on the contributions of this issue, we outline a research agenda that advances network-based inquiry by unpacking the interdependent and dynamic processes linking environmental political networks across diverse entities, subdomains, scales, and contexts, while leveraging recent methodological advancements in network research.

Keywords: discourse networks; environmental movements; environmental political networks; environmental politics; political opportunities; political process; policy networks; social network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.17645/pag.11840

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