Essays about: "collective identity social movement"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 52 essays containing the words collective identity social movement.
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21. Understanding the Changing Dynamics of Rural Development in Dolakha, Nepal
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : There is ample debate around the conceptualizations of rural development as well as its implementation and impacts. Contemporary understandings underline the importance of social movements in social change, which has become a fundamental part of development. READ MORE
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22. The Extraordinarily Ordinary: How the Rebels of Extinction Rebellion Berlin Shape Their Movement by Using Connective Action Repertoires
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a global climate justice movement. Founded in 2018 in the UK and arising partly out of the Rising Up! network, it has since spread across the globe with various local and working groups in 57 countries. While environmental in focus, XR appears to be more than what first meets the eye. READ MORE
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23. The Recipe for Engagement in a Direct-Action Climate Movement for the Future of Humanity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : Climate scientists have sounded the alarm for decades, making increasingly frightening predictions about the coming effects of climate change, yet world leaders have largely failed to address the climate change crisis. As the real time effects of climate change are starting to be felt around the world, citizen activists are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, adding pressure on governments to act swiftly and forcefully. READ MORE
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24. Understanding climate action by teenagers as social movements : A case study of Youth 4 Climate Action in Korea
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : This thesis is about Y4CA, a youth organization in Korea for climate action. It discusses how non-teenagers support teenage activists for the sustained climate action by considering three factors for social movement: political opportunities, mobilizing structure and framing process by adding collective identity. READ MORE
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25. Protest Movements and the Climate Emergency Declarations of 2019: A New Social Media Logic to Connect and Participate in Politics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between contemporary climate protest movements (Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future) and governmental bodies in European countries that declared a climate emergency in 2019. The primary contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate how emerging communication practices by these movements compare to the perceived influence of such practices among political decisionmakers in their governing bodies’ votes for a climate emergency declaration. READ MORE