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Emancipatory Climate Actions

Strategies from histories

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Laurence L. Delina

    1. Boston University, Boston, USA

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  • Offers concrete strategies to strengthen contemporary climate activism
  • Argues for the need of wide spread social mobilisation to combat climate change
  • Explores strategies from previous social movements

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Emancipatory and Transformative Climate Actions

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 1-15

  3. Four Histories of Social Mobilizations: Dandi, Dharasana, Montgomery, Manila, and Rangoon

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 17-34

  4. Visioning and Identity-Building: An Overarching Vision for Heterogeneous Campaigns

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 35-52

  5. Culturing and Framing: Working on the Ills of the Past, in the Present, for Tomorrow’s Benefits

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 53-69

  6. Triggering Communal Peer Pressure: Spreading a Shared Understanding of Demands

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 71-82

  7. Boosting Publicity: Old and New Media, Deliberations, and Organic Ideology Articulation

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 83-95

  8. Diversifying Networks: Webbing Heterogeneous Actors and Their Plural Campaigns

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 97-109

  9. Conclusion: Strengthening Climate Actions Through Emancipatory and Transformative Mobilizations

    • Laurence L. Delina
    Pages 111-115

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 117-124
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About this book

This book calls for a collective strengthening of the progressive dimension of climate action in the face of continued myopic governmental response. Delina argues that consent must be revoked and power realigned to avoid suffering the consequences of unabated climate change. He looks back at the mechanisms that make previous social mobilizations successful to design strategies that would advance a new hegemonic agenda. This new agenda calls for the culturing of contemporary human societies towards a hegemony characterized by just emancipations and sustainable transformations. 

Mining select histories from India, the United States, the Philippines, and Burma, the book explores topics including visioning and identity building; framing; triggering pressure; boosting publicity; and diversifying networks as strategic tools to the repertoires of climate action groups, organizations, and institutions. It will be of great value to academics and practitioners, as well asto anyone interested in how to actively combat climate change.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, Boston, USA

    Laurence L. Delina

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Laurence L Delina conducts research at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, USA.. 

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