The Climate Movement - Potentials and Barriers for Mobilisation Towards Systematic Sustainable Change in Denmark
Author
Stølan, Ida Emilie Nerdrum
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-06-07
Pages
98
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger den nye fremvækst af den danske klimabevægelse for at afdække, hvilke barrierer og potentialer der præger mobilisering mod systemisk bæredygtig og retfærdig forandring. Undersøgelsen bygger på semistrukturerede interviews med repræsentanter fra seks ud af syv udvalgte initiativer i Danmark (både lokale og internationale), og kortlægger deres mål og krav, indbyrdes interaktioner og relationer, og de værktøjer de anvender i deres aktivisme. Analysen er forankret i kritisk urban teori, herunder Lefebvres ret til byen, samt John Deweys begreb om offentligheden, og behandler bæredygtig udvikling som et wicked problem præget af uenigheder om årsager, omfang og løsninger. Afhandlingen undersøger relationer inden for bevægelsen og til andre fællesskaber og myndigheder, hvem aktioners konsekvenser berører, samt aktivisme som kommunikativt redskab, for at vurdere bevægelsens styrke som samlet kraft. Uddraget præsenterer ikke detaljerede resultater, men peger på, at klimabevægelsen fungerer som en værktøjskasse af forskellige strategier og rummer både konstruktive og konfliktuelle dynamikker med krisetegn og handlemuligheder, der udfoldes nærmere i den fulde analyse.
This thesis examines the recent rise of Denmark’s climate movement to identify the barriers and potentials that shape mobilisation toward systemic, sustainable and just change. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from six of seven selected initiatives active in Denmark (both local and international) and maps their goals and demands, interactions and relationships, and the tools they use in activism. The analysis is grounded in critical urban theory, including Lefebvre’s right to the city, and draws on John Dewey’s concept of the public while treating sustainable development as a wicked problem marked by disagreements over causes, scope and solutions. It investigates relations within the movement and with other communities and authorities, who is affected by the consequences of different actions, and activism as a communicative tool, to assess the movement’s strength as a collective force. While detailed results are not provided in this excerpt, the study indicates that the climate movement operates as a toolbox of diverse strategies and exhibits both constructive and conflictual dynamics with signs of crisis and opportunity, which are elaborated in the full analysis.
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