Europeanising the green movement: strategies, beliefs and networks
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Social and Political Science
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Louise Maythorne (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Shaw K
(2012)
Managing for local resilience: towards a strategic approach
in Public Policy and Administration
| Description | This research examined the impact of European integration at a local level by examining climate change protest in Britain, France and Italy. Across Europe, environmental activism now routinely takes place; every day, in every country. These activists are mobilising in a political environment that includes a powerful, supranational level of government - the European Union - but what effect does this have on them? Studying europeanisation or, 'the impact of European integration' is vital in understanding how change can be brought about, and sustained, in such a complex multi-level political system. But very little is known about europeanisation at the grassroots level, closest to the citizen. This postdoctoral research points to two main findings: *Europeanisation of the environmental movement is happening at the local level, but not in the places previous academic studies suggest we would find it. *Social movement networks are the main driver for local level Europeanisation and emergent european environmental campaigns. |
| Exploitation Route | This knowledge generated by this research is useful to those who work across Europe and want to better understand how issues travel across borders. It is also useful to those who shape environmental policy either by writing it (governments) or informing it (NGOs) because it can explain how international environmental issues are interpreted at a local level. Finally, it is of use to scholars of environmental politics, EU politics, or social movements because it advances the approaches and debates currently active in these disciplines. |
| Sectors | Education,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Description | During the course of this research the findings were presented and refined at a workshop for environmental interest groups in Scotland called 'Environmentalism in Europe: Thinking European, Acting Local'. They were also used in evidence to the Scottish Government's Second Draft Climate Change Report. In 2015 the findings of this work contributed to a workshop sponsored by the Political Studies Association and the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences designed to open discussions on the issues at stake at the UN Climate Change conference COP21. This event drew together academics with policymakers and climate activists from across the UK. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Evidence to the Scottish Parliament |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Environmental Politics |
| Organisation | Political Studies Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | During the Postdoctoral Fellowship the PI, together with a colleague, established the Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Environmental Politics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The PSA sponsors the Specialist Group each year, and provides funding for ad hoc activities. |
| Impact | The Specialist Group's website details the activities of the Group, including sponsored panels at the PSA annual conference and sponsored workshops. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange Workshop 'European Environmentalism' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The findings of the workshop were developed into a workshop report for dissemination to participants and related stakeholders amongst Environmental Movement Organisations. The discussion of the workshop fed into evidence delivered to the Scottish Parliament ont heir Second Draft Climate Change Report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | PSA/ESRC Festival of Social Sciences Climate Change Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop 'The Paris Climate Talk' Politics, Policies and Principles' was jointly funded by the Political Studies Association, the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, Routledge and the University of Edinburgh Global Environment and Society Academy. The event was organised by the PSA Specialist Groups on Environmental Politics (for which I am a co-convenor) and French Politics. The aim of the event was to open up the discussions around COP21 the UN's climate change conference being held in Paris over subsequent weeks. The international perspective mapped closely onto the research agenda of my ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, and was successful in attracting over 50 people to listen to climate activists, policymakers, and academics discuss the issues at stake. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://psaenvironment.wordpress.com/paris-2015-forum/ |