Mobilising care in the polycrisis
Framing eco-social activism in Hungary, Czechia, and Poland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21600575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luca Sára Bródy (0000-0003-4275-8381, Deptartment of Social Work, Södertörn University, corresponding author), Michaela Pixová (0000-0003-0089-6698, Deptartment of Social Work, Södertörn University), Elżbieta Korolczuk (0000-0002-8263-5530, Södertörn University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2026.2681301 |
| OpenAlex | W7163560248 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
In this article we explore how eco-social movements in Hungary, Czechia, and Poland mobilise care as a political and strategic framework in response to the interconnected crises of climate collapse, democratic erosion, and social inequality. In contrast to single-issue activism, we examine how care enables activists to build cross-movement coalitions, sustain engagement, and challenge depoliticised or technocratic approaches to change. Drawing on Tronto’s ethics of care, feminist and ecofeminist theory, and framing theory, we analyse how care functions as a political grammar that connects values, emotions, and practices across diverse struggles. Based on a multi-method collaborative approach, we show how activists adapt the language of care to local post-socialist realities. We argue that care offers an inclusive, relational vocabulary capable of bridging ideological divides, while also acknowledging its gendered limits and vulnerability to co-optation in neoliberal contexts
Care work · Democracy · Grammar · Ideology · Politics · Social movement · Technocracy · Vocabulary · Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
In a Different Voice
Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly
Climate Change, the Intersectional Imperative, and the Opportunity of the Green New Deal
Polycrisis
The Paradox of Polycrisis
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Disappearing Acts
From Patriarchy to Intersectionality
Intersections of disability justice, racial justice and environmental justice
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
Intersectionality and coalitions in social movement research—A survey and outlook
Intersectionality and collective action
Counteracting Challenges to Gender Equality in the Era of Anti-Gender Campaigns
Rethinking Conceptualizations of Civil Societies in and beyond Post-Socialist Contexts
Mobilizing Grassroots in the City
Rethinking Theoretical Approaches to Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism
Quiet sustainability
Zombie socialism and the rise of neoliberalism in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe
The importance of recognizing difference
Mapping the Margins
Mobilising political intersectionality in Czechia’s climate movement
Mutual Aid as Prefigurative Politics—Beyond Anarchism
Intersectionality and social movements
Very Little Heroes' History and Roots of the Eco-Village Movement
Care
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |