Networks in Contention
The Divisive Politics of Climate Change

This book examines how interactions between organizations within the international climate change movement shape tactics and outcomes in climate change negotiations.

Jennifer Hadden (Author)

9781107461109, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 5 March 2015

235 pages, 20 b/w illus. 9 tables
21.6 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm, 0.3 kg

'Hadden examines the factors shaping the strategies adopted by individual climate change organisations and the movement as a whole.' Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

How do civil society organizations mobilize on climate change? Why do they choose certain strategies over others? What are the consequences of these choices? Networks in Contention examines how the interactions between different organizations within the international climate change movement shape strategic decisions and the kinds of outcomes organizations are able to achieve. First, it documents how and why cleavages emerged in this once-unified movement around the time of the 2009 Copenhagen Summit. Second, it shows how an organization's position in the movement's network has a large influence on the tactics it adopts. Finally, it demonstrates how the development of new strategies within this network has influenced the trajectory of global climate politics. The book establishes the ways in which networks are consequential for civil society groups, exploring how these actors can become more effective and suggesting lessons for the future coordination of activism.

Introduction
1. The Copenhagen movement
2. The emergence of a divided network
3. A network approach to collective action
4. Conventional climate advocacy
5. Climate justice activism
6. Implications for global politics
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Comparative politics [JPB], Politics & government [JP]