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A Broad Alliance of Civil Society Organizations on Climate Change Mitigation: Political Strength or Legitimizing Support?

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: One hundred and one very different organizations joined together prior to the election for the Norwegian parliament in 2013 in order to make climate change mitigation the most important issue in the election campaign. The alliance (CE2013) agreed on six political demands relating to mitigation. In this article, we categorize the 101 organizations and discuss their identity and objectives according to these demands. The analysis demonstrates that even though a broad variety of organizations joined the campaign, their commitment was rather weak. Few of the organizations justify their involvement in CE2013 by all six political demands, hence demonstrating that climate change mitigation is a valence issue.

Source: Journal of Civil Society

DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2017.1399596

Authors: Heidi Rapp Nilsen, Kristin Strømsnes, Ulla Schmidt

Institutions: Northern Research Institute, University of Bergen, Aarhus University

Language: English

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2770576264

FWCI: 5.296

Cites: 33

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10