Social Movement Theory and the Prospects for Climate Change Activism in the United States

Social science literature on climate change and global warming has grown exponentially in recent years and is now far too large and varied to permit meaningful review in a single article (ISSC, 2013; Hackmann and St. Clair, 2012; Dunlap and Brulle, 2015; Zehr, 2014; Dryzek et al. eds., 2011; Lever-T...

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Published in:Annual review of political science 2017-06, Vol.20, p.1
Main Author: McAdam, Doug
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Climate change
Global warming
Grass roots movement
Literature reviews
Mobilization
Prospects
Scholarship
Social movement theory
Social movements
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Summary:Social science literature on climate change and global warming has grown exponentially in recent years and is now far too large and varied to permit meaningful review in a single article (ISSC, 2013; Hackmann and St. Clair, 2012; Dunlap and Brulle, 2015; Zehr, 2014; Dryzek et al. eds., 2011; Lever-Tracy, ed., 2010). Even the scholarship that pertains only to the political/policy dimensions of the issue is beyond the scope of the Annual Review format. Accordingly, my aim in this article will be much more narrowly focused. It will also be more purposive than a generic literature review. More specifically, I mean to bring 40 years of research and theory on social movements to bear on our understanding of the present lack of, and future prospects for, grass roots mobilization on climate change in change in the United States.
ISSN:1094-2939
1545-1577