Chinese environmental activism and the environmental politics of rumors

2022 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 102593
Author(s):  
Jingping Liu ◽  
Kevin Lo
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Environmental Activism

From Science to Multiculturalism: Postmodern Trends in Environmental Organizations

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Ignatow
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Hybrid Forms

Postmodern social theory has had little impact on studies of global environmental activism and politics, and has often been treated with suspicion. Yet, in this article, I argue that social science theories of both postmodernization and cultural modernization can provide insights into how globalizing processes have affected environmental politics. Where current perspectives on globalization and environmental politics tend to focus on globalization's homogenizing effects, postmodernization arguments suggest that globalization and postmodern social trends have given rise to hybrid, multicultural politics. In the environmental realm, these trends have challenged environmentalists whose claims are based on science and encouraged hybrid forms of environmental activism linking ecological issues to issues of race, ethnicity, religion, and gender. To explore these shifts in environmental politics worldwide, I examine two categories of nonprofit environmental organizations: environmental science organizations and multicultural environmental organizations. Results of an event count analysis show that, for nations, public education predicts the establishment of environmental science organizations. Multicultural environmental organizations were established later, in the 1980s and onward, and tended to be established in countries with preexisting environmental science organizations. I argue that social science theories of cultural modernization and postmodernization can best explain these patterns.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukul Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
New Generation

In the conclusion the author summarizes his arguments and research findings, bringing in discussions on some of the initiatives taken by the Dalits and other organizations to link up the issues of caste, nature, and Dalit movements. He points towards the new generation of environmental questions, especially in the context of caste, Dalits, identity, ethnicity, minority, democracy, and development. Dalit–Brahmin encounters in the realm of nature have been antagonistic, but there could be some internal commonalities dissolving the differences and complementing each other at complex levels. He concludes that the linkages between nature and caste, ecology and Dalits, are dynamic, and can offer much in academic research, in the fields of both Dalit and environmental studies. A study of the interplay between them can enrich both arenas providing new visions and insights. Traditional environmentalism and environmental politics have built the bedrock of their politics on community and nation. It is not likely that their concerns will be altered altogether. However, the new generation of environmental activism and writings have begun to pay more attention to hitherto unseen people and unheard voices, with conflicting positions.

Discourse Mapping

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna BOEHNERT
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Science And Technology Policy ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
The University

This workshop will create a space for discussion on environmental politics and its impact on design for sustainable transitions. It will help participants identify different sustainability discourses; create a space for reflection on how these discourses influence design practice; and consider the environmental and social implications of different discourses. The workshop will do this work by encouraging knowledge sharing, reflection and interpretative mapping in a participatory space where individuals will create their own discourse maps. This work is informed by my research “Mapping Climate Communication” conducted at the Centre for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR) in the Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES), the University of Colorado, Boulder. With this research project I developed a discourse mapping method based on the discourse analysis method of political scientists and sustainability scholars. Using my own work as an example, I will facilitate a process that will enable participants to create new discourse maps reflecting their own ideas and agendas.

A Ghost Environmental Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-166
Author(s):  
Timothy Clark
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Politics
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