Social movement organizations' agency for sustainable organizing

This chapter argues that social movement organizations (SMOs) are relevant actors in the sustainability transition. It presents strategies, success factors and challenges of sustainability SMOs, emphasizing their agency in mobilizing collective action to achieve sustainability goals. We discuss diff...

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Автори: Etchanchu, Helen, de Bakker, Frank G.A., Delmestri, Giuseppe
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Опубліковано: Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
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Delmestri, Giuseppe
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description This chapter argues that social movement organizations (SMOs) are relevant actors in the sustainability transition. It presents strategies, success factors and challenges of sustainability SMOs, emphasizing their agency in mobilizing collective action to achieve sustainability goals. We discuss different strategies (aimed at collaboration, confrontation, or prefiguration), organizational forms (characterized by different degrees of organizing) and outcomes (at organizational, community and societal levels) of SMOs. We then illustrate our take of the literature on sustainability SMOs using the recent example of Extinction Rebellion that one of us investigated through participant observation. We conclude with a few avenues for future research, including digital and transnational movements, their potential to transform dominant neoliberal narratives, and the role of academic agency for sustainable organizing.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-986542023-03-22T12:36:34Z Social movement organizations' agency for sustainable organizing Etchanchu, Helen de Bakker, Frank G.A. Delmestri, Giuseppe Sustainability agency Change agent Transition agent Environmental activism Social movement Social entrepreneurship RNU KJG KJR GBC This chapter argues that social movement organizations (SMOs) are relevant actors in the sustainability transition. It presents strategies, success factors and challenges of sustainability SMOs, emphasizing their agency in mobilizing collective action to achieve sustainability goals. We discuss different strategies (aimed at collaboration, confrontation, or prefiguration), organizational forms (characterized by different degrees of organizing) and outcomes (at organizational, community and societal levels) of SMOs. We then illustrate our take of the literature on sustainability SMOs using the recent example of Extinction Rebellion that one of us investigated through participant observation. We conclude with a few avenues for future research, including digital and transnational movements, their potential to transform dominant neoliberal narratives, and the role of academic agency for sustainable organizing. Published 2023-03-22T12:36:31Z 2023-03-22T12:36:31Z 2021-07-16 chapter 9781789906028 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/98654 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-of-sustainability-agency-9781789906028.html https://www.elgaronline.com/display/edcoll/9781789906028/9781789906028.00019.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906035.00019 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906035.00019 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c 9781789906028 Edward Elgar Publishing 15 Cheltenham open access
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Change agent
Transition agent
Environmental activism
Social movement
Social entrepreneurship
RNU
KJG
KJR
GBC
Etchanchu, Helen
de Bakker, Frank G.A.
Delmestri, Giuseppe
Social movement organizations' agency for sustainable organizing
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title_full Social movement organizations' agency for sustainable organizing
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Change agent
Transition agent
Environmental activism
Social movement
Social entrepreneurship
RNU
KJG
KJR
GBC
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Transition agent
Environmental activism
Social movement
Social entrepreneurship
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KJG
KJR
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