Shifting Coalitions within the Youth Climate Movement in the US

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, Dana R.
dc.contributor.authorNasrin, Sohana
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T19:49:00Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T19:49:00Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-28
dc.description.abstractHow has the youth climate movement in the US grown since the Climate Strikes began and in what ways did it change as it grew? This article takes advantage of a unique dataset that includes surveys from activists who organized the nationally coordinated climate strikes in the US that began with Fridays for Future in spring 2019. Building on the research on alliance building and strategic coalitions, this article analyzes how the patterns of participation changed over the period of the study. We employ social network analysis to map the affiliation networks among the organizers of these events to assess the coalitions of groups involved and the shifting organizational landscape. Our analysis does not provide evidence that groups spanned the boundaries across movements, nor does it show that identity plays a role in coalition building in this movement. Instead, by mapping out the coalition of organizations within this movement and how connections among them change over time, we see clear evidence that this youth-led movement was reoriented by adult-led organizations. Our article concludes by considering how these findings suggest the future trajectory of the youth climate movement and its role in a ‘new climate politics’ in America.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3801
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/uobz-36vs
dc.identifier.citationFisher, D. R., & Nasrin, S. (2021). Shifting Coalitions within the Youth Climate Movement in the US. Politics and Governance, 9(2), 112–123.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/27012
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCogitatioen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Behavioral & Social Sciencesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSociologyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectactivismen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectclimate movementen_US
dc.subjectclimate strikeen_US
dc.subjectcoalitionsen_US
dc.subjectsocial network analysisen_US
dc.titleShifting Coalitions within the Youth Climate Movement in the USen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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