Explaining Variation in Transnational Climate Change Activism: The Role of Inter-Movement Spillover

Jennifer Hadden
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Jennifer Hadden: Jennifer Hadden is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland.

Global Environmental Politics, 2014, vol. 14, issue 2, 7-25

Abstract: How can we explain variation in the volume and character of transnational collective action on climate change? This paper presents original qualitative and quantitative data to document how transnational activism on climate change has changed over time. The author draws attention to the role of transnational social movement spillover—a process by which ideas, activists, and tactics are diffused from one movement to another—in explaining this evolution. The article examines the spillover of the global justice movement to the climate justice movement from 2007 to 2009, linking this spillover to changes in the nature of activism. In contrast to previous approaches, this work shows that transnational social movement spillover can result in the expansion of contention without radicalizing those actors already involved. This case demonstrates the theoretical importance of the spillover process and offers lessons for future climate activism. © 2014 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Keywords: climage change; transnational activism; climate justice movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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