Essays about: "Lützerath"
Found 3 essays containing the word Lützerath.
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1. Caught in the Lock-In? The Lützerath Decision and the Persistence of Fossil Fuel Hegemony in Germany
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : In 2022 the Russian invasion in Ukraine marked a turning point for global politics. To loosen dependency on Russian gas, the German government came to an agreement with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the energy company RWE. READ MORE
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2. Climate Justice Movement as Norm Entrepreneur in Global Politics : Creating an Alternative Future in Lützerath to Protest Coal Mining
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis argues that contemporary climate justice actions can present a case for how social movements and activists engage as norm entrepreneurs with global politics. Following a case-based approach (McKee, 2003) and combining perspectives of political science with anthropology, theoretical concepts of everyday utopias (Cooper, 2014) and prefiguration (Maeckelbergh, 2011b; 2014) are applied to the case of a village occupation in Germany against a lignite coal mine expansion. READ MORE
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3. David vs. Coal-iath: Coalition-building in the anti-coal protests in Lützerath, Germany
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : For social movements to create social change they need to mobilize resources, seize political opportunities, and foster favourable discourses. To do so, they engage in coalition building processes to streamline their action and resources with related groups. READ MORE
