Crowding-in
How Indian civil society organizations began mobilizing around climate change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5609918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tuomas Ylä-Anttila (0000-0002-6908-3495, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Tuomas Ylä‐anttila, Pradip Swarnakar (0000-0002-9532-1215, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-292 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-4446.12251 |
| PMID | 28328080 |
| OpenAlex | W2599764109 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 39 |
This paper argues that periodic waves of crowding-in to 'hot' issue fields are a recurring feature of how globally networked civil society organizations operate, especially in countries of the Global South. We elaborate on this argument through a study of Indian civil society mobilization around climate change. Five key mechanisms contribute to crowding-in processes: (1) the expansion of discursive opportunities; (2) the event effects of global climate change conferences; (3) the network effects created by expanding global civil society networks; (4) the adoption and innovation of action repertoires; and (5) global pressure effects creating new opportunities for civil society. Our findings contribute to the world society literature, with an account of the social mechanisms through which global institutions and political events affect national civil societies, and to the social movements literature by showing that developments in world society are essential contributors to national mobilization processes
Civil society · Climate change · Collective action · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social movement · Sociology · Ecology · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics
Beliefs and Networks
Climatization and Declimatization
Envisioning energy futures in the North Atlantic oil industry
Energy justice in post-Paris India
Transitioning away from coal
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector within the Climate Change Discourse
How civil society organizations influence environmental governance in the Global South
How do civil society organizations influence climate change politics? Evidence from India, Indonesia, and Finland
Contentions and Confirmations over Genetically Modified Technology
Climate movements in Germany, India, and Australia
International organizations, advocacy coalitions, and domestication of global norms
Regional climate policy networks and media visibility
Glocalized norm interpretations
Climate Change and Energy Futures - Theoretical Frameworks, Epistemological Issues, and Methodological Perspectives
Up with ecology, down with economy? The consolidation of the idea of climate change mitigation in the global public sphere
What are the roles of regional and local climate governance discourse and actors? Mediated climate change policy networks in Atlantic Canada
Climate change in sociology
Patterns of engagement
Learning From Strangers
Greening the Globe
Climate for Change
Shaping Abortion Discourse
Networks in Contention
The Good Project
The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
How Social Movements Matter
Dynamics of Contention
Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research
Social Movements and Networks
Researching Life Stories and Family Histories
COP-15 in Copenhagen
Issue-linkages to Climate Change Measured through NGO Participation in the UNFCCC
Climate Change Bandwagoning
World Society, NGOs and Environmental Policy Reform in Asia
Women’s International Tribunal on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
Climate Change or Social Change? Environmental and Leftist Praxis and Participatory Action Research
National and Global Origins of Environmental Association
Social movements
Transnational Networks and Policy Diffusion
The Structuring of a World Environmental Regime, 1870–1990
Introduction
Mechanisms in Political Processes
The Iron Cage Revisited
Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation
The Nation-State and the Natural Environment over the Twentieth Century
Methods for Measuring Mechanisms of Contention
The Effects of World Society on Environmental Protection Outcomes
Redressing Past Human Rights Violations
Stable Resources of Protest Movements
Global Norms, Local Activism, and Social Movement Outcomes
Between the State and the Market
Discursive Opportunities and the Evolution of Right-Wing Violence in Germany
World Society and the Nation-State
Explaining the non-governmental organization (NGO) boom
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |