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The bee swarm model of social change: How do institutions and grassroots push for (and against) sustainability
The document discusses the bee swarm model of social change, highlighting how institutions and grassroots movements influence sustainability. It presents findings from research on climate change advocacy coalitions in 12 countries, noting the stronger presence of economy coalitions compared to ecology ones, particularly in Finland. The conclusion emphasizes that successful sustainability initiatives require building support around pragmatic instruments rather than solely focusing on core beliefs.
The bee swarm model of social change: How do institutions and grassroots push for (and against) sustainability
- 1. The bee swarmmodel of social change: How do institutions and grassroots push for (and against) sustainability Tuomas Ylä-Anttila Helsinki Research Group for Political Sociology politicalsociology.org compon.org
- 2. the smoking gunmodel A sustainability
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- 5. the bee swarmmodel sustainability adapted from Hironaka, A.: Greening the Globe, Cambridge UP 2014
- 6. the bee swarmmodel sustainability int. institutions national legislation movements INGOs science consumers
- 7. the bee swarmmodel sustainability int. institutions national legislation movements INGOs science consumers corporations parties science
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- 9. how to…? sustainability int. institutions nationallegislation movements INGOs science consumers corporations parties science
- 10. how to…? sustainability int. institutions nationallegislation movements INGOs science consumers corporations parties science
- 11. key: core beliefsvs. instrumental means sustainability int. institutions national legislation movements INGOs science consumers corporations parties science
- 12. key: core beliefsvs. instrumental means ■ we (compon) have studied climate change advocacy coalitions in 12 countries ■ typical situation : ecology coalition vs economy coalition ■ Finland networks : economy coalition much stronger than ecology – no unifying instruments for policy change ■ US media : disagreement over if CC even exists, still some signs of consensus on cap and trade
- 13. conclusion ■ core beliefsrarely change, so coalitions, or bee swarms, for sustainability need to be build around instruments (short run) ■ social science trying to identify the smoking gun may not be most helpful in identifying pathways to social change ■ experiments that get support from various coalitions with different core beliefs are more likely to succeed
- 14. how to…? sustainability int. institutions nationallegistlation movements INGOs science consumers corporations parties science
- 15. helsinki research groupfor political sociology ■ politicalsociology.org ■ Team Compon Finland ■ Pradip Swarnakar ■ Dr. Antti Gronow ■ M. Soc Sci. Anna Kukkonen