Back to the grassroots? The shrinking space of environmental activism in illiberal Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4979439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aron Buzogány (0000-0002-9867-3742, Institute of Forest, Environmental, and Natural Resource Policy, Departement of Economics and Social Science, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Vienna, Austria, corresponding author), Szabina Kerényi (0000-0001-7356-7452, Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence, Budapest, Hungary), Gergely Olt (0000-0001-9816-5601, Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence, Budapest, Hungary) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1267-1288 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2022.2113607 |
| OpenAlex | W4293067957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article illustrates the post-euphoric development of the environmental movement in the period since 2010 that was marked by democratic backsliding and the consolidation of ‘illiberalism’ in Hungary. Embedded from a historical perspective that spans the last three decades, we present two case studies of urban environmental mobilisation and identify ‘localization’, the reorientation towards grassroot activism, as a new trend driven by the closure of political opportunity structures. Localization combines with the alienation of protesters from institutional channels of influence-seeking and the weakening of ties with potential political allies, such as political parties or professionalised NGOs, and the increase of mistrust between the different actors
Alienation · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Environmental movement · Grassroots · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resizing · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Science and Policy Research
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |