From the New Ecological Paradigm to Total Liberation: The Emergence of a Social Movement Frame

Drawing on theories of social movements and environmental sociology, this article considers a frame transformation that is taking place within ecological social movements. This transformation produced a new frame: "total liberation." We explore this phenomenon by analyzing interviews with...

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Published in:Sociological quarterly 2015, Vol.56 (1), p.185-212
Main Authors: Pellow, David N., Brehm, Hollie Nyseth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Animal Human Relations
Animal rights
Ecology
Environmental Factors
Environmental Movements
Environmental Sociology
Environmentalists
Field work
Fieldwork
Protest Movements
Social activism
Social Movements
Sociology
United States of America
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Summary:Drawing on theories of social movements and environmental sociology, this article considers a frame transformation that is taking place within ecological social movements. This transformation produced a new frame: "total liberation." We explore this phenomenon by analyzing interviews with activists, fieldwork observations, and documents from radical environmental and animal rights movement networks in the United States. Beyond introducing the total liberation frame, the article expands current understandings of how and why frame transformations occur through a consideration of how multiple frames, as well as intra- and intermovement tensions and influences, shape frame transformation.
ISSN:0038-0253
1533-8525
DOI:10.1111/tsq.12084