Spreading rebellion?: The rise of extinction rebellion chapters across the world

IF 2.4 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environmental Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-02 DOI:10.1080/23251042.2022.2094995

P. Gardner, Tiago Carvalho, Maria Valenstain

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article offers an analysis of social movement transnationalisation, using Extinction Rebellion as its case study. In order to investigate the temporal and geographical dynamics of Extinction Rebellion’s transnational diffusion, and the interaction of these dynamics with protest events, we draw on two primary datasets: one describing where and when all 1265 of the movement’s local groups emerged globally, the other containing all major protest events with which it is associated. We contend that although Extinction Rebellion has been impressively international from its early stages, the highest density of local groups – or ‘chapters’ – is found in Western Europe and the Anglosphere. Drawing on della Porta’s theory of ‘eventful protest’, we argue that peaks in the creation of new local groups across the world followed major protest events. Hence, we argue that Extinction Rebellion protests were instrumental in the movement’s own transnational diffusion. The data also reveal that the period from early 2020 to June 2021 (the time of data collection) represented a nadir in new chapter creation, indicating a possible COVID-19 effect in the movement’s diffusion.

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散布叛乱？：灭绝叛乱在世界各地兴起

摘要本文以灭绝叛乱为个案，对社会运动跨国化进行了分析。为了调查灭绝叛乱跨国扩散的时间和地理动态，以及这些动态与抗议事件的相互作用，我们利用了两个主要数据集：一个描述了该运动的所有1265个地方团体在全球范围内出现的地点和时间，另一个包含了与之相关的所有重大抗议事件。我们认为，尽管灭绝叛乱从早期阶段起就具有令人印象深刻的国际性，但在西欧和英语圈，当地团体或“分会”的密度最高。根据della Porta的“重大抗议”理论，我们认为，世界各地新的地方团体的创建高峰是在重大抗议事件之后出现的。因此，我们认为灭绝反抗军的抗议活动对该运动的跨国传播起到了重要作用。数据还显示，2020年初至2021年6月（数据收集时间）是新篇章创作的最低点，表明新冠肺炎可能对运动的扩散产生影响。

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Environmental Sociology ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Environmental Sociology is dedicated to applying and advancing the sociological imagination in relation to a wide variety of environmental challenges, controversies and issues, at every level from the global to local, from ‘world culture’ to diverse local perspectives. As an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Environmental Sociology aims to stretch the conceptual and theoretical boundaries of both environmental and mainstream sociology, to highlight the relevance of sociological research for environmental policy and management, to disseminate the results of sociological research, and to engage in productive dialogue and debate with other disciplines in the social, natural and ecological sciences. Contributions may utilize a variety of theoretical orientations including, but not restricted to: critical theory, cultural sociology, ecofeminism, ecological modernization, environmental justice, organizational sociology, political ecology, political economy, post-colonial studies, risk theory, social psychology, science and technology studies, globalization, world-systems analysis, and so on. Cross- and transdisciplinary contributions are welcome where they demonstrate a novel attempt to understand social-ecological relationships in a manner that engages with the core concerns of sociology in social relationships, institutions, practices and processes. All methodological approaches in the environmental social sciences – qualitative, quantitative, integrative, spatial, policy analysis, etc. – are welcomed. Environmental Sociology welcomes high-quality submissions from scholars around the world.

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