Psychology of Collective Climate Action / Karen Hamann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamann, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change mitigation--Citizen participation.

Climate change mitigation.

Climatic changes--Psychological aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxon : Taylor & Francis, 2025.

Summary:

"How do we find the courage to act together against the climate crisis? This book weaves together real-life findings and examples from the social-ecological movement with psychological research to show how motivation for collective climate action can be built. The book addresses two key questions: how can individuals be motivated to participate in collective climate action, and how can climate groups become resilient and effective? Specifically, it explores how individuals can foster their identification with climate action groups, as well as strengthening their feeling to be effective - both as a group and as part of a group. It touches a wide range of topics, covering emotions of anger, moral considerations, activist burnout and the perception of protests, as well as general theories of socio-ecological change. This book is for everyone who seeks the courage to act together and is curious about psychological insights. It will be essential reading for climate and environmental practitioners, climate activists and campaigners, climate change communicators, and anyone involved in socio-ecological change. It will also be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of environmental psychology, climate change, collective action and political psychology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

ForewordPreface Climate courage and the aims of this book Who this book is for The story behind this book Defining "we" A quick bit about Wandelwerk Our Author Team Two core questions Building a bridge between science and practice Critically reflecting on findings What you will and will not find in this book References AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Overview of the psychological modelDefining collective climate action Examples of collective climate actionDifferentiating between collective and private climate actionThe Social Identity Model of Collective ActionThe structure of this bookReferences Part 1: Motivating for collective climate actionChapter 2: Social identificationDefining social identificationFrom social identification to collective climate actionHow we can strengthen identification with climate action groups Focus 1: Highlighting the connection to climate action groups Focus 2: Creating climate action groups that meet people's needsDiscovering your social identificationReferences Chapter 3: Moral beliefs and emotions Defining moral beliefs Core values From moral beliefs and emotions to collective climate action Guilt AngerHow we can use moral beliefs and emotions as tools for effecting collective climate action Focus 1: Creating anger-eliciting situations Focus 2: Using moral beliefs and anger to build external supportDiscovering your value basis References Chapter 4: Framing climate actionDefining framingChallenging existing framesHow we can create frames for collective climate actionConsidering target audiences in framing decisionsReferences Chapter 5: Efficacy beliefs Defining efficacy beliefs Collective efficacy Participative efficacy From efficacy beliefs to collective climate action Building efficacy beliefs Maintaining efficacy beliefs How we can foster efficacy beliefs Focus 1: Accentuating positive changes Focus 2: Designing group contexts that nurture efficacy Discovering your efficacy beliefs References Chapter 6: Psychological effects of collective climate action Action first, motivation secondEffects of an action's success or failureStrategies for coping with failure Social strategies (a social and shared mindset) Reframing strategies (another perspective) Distancing strategies (another focus) Changing strategies (another action)The spillover effect between private behaviors and collective actionReferences Chapter 7: Summary of the modelApplying the pillars of motivation to drive collective climate actionReferences Part 2: Cultivating resilient and effective collective climate actionChapter 8: Resilient collective action and activist burnout Don't underestimate activist burnout Defining activist burnout Causes of activist burnout Personal and psychological factors Group norms fueling burnout Problems within groups kindling burnout Building resilient climate action groups Group-focused strategies for resilient collective climate action Individual-focused strategies for resilient collective climate action Group exercise for assessing activist burnoutReferences Chapter 9: Socio-ecological transformationLooking at the bigger pictureDefining socio-ecological transformationThe Multi-Level Perspective Three levels of change The theory of change for the Multi-Level PerspectiveThe Social Tipping Point concept The theory of change for the Social Tipping PointsThe Three Strategies of Transformation Circumstances of transformation The theory of change for the Three Strategies of Transformation The Movement Action Plan The four roles within social change The theory of change for the Movement Action Plan Take-aways Common features of theories of change Your take on socio-ecological change References Chapter 10: Effective goals for climate groupsPicking your battles: Goals and target groupsTarget group descriptionsStrategies for achieving target group goals Achieving these goals using SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION Achieving these goals using MORAL BELIEFS Achieving these goals using FRAMING Achieving these goals using EFFICACY BELIEFS Achieving these goals using COLLECTIVE ACTION Achieving these goals using RESILIENCE STRATEGIESDefining your goals and strategiesReferences Chapter 11: Conclusion, recommendations, and further ideasFinal wordsResearch areas in need of addressingRecommended books and videos to exploreReferences Appendix: Overview of research designs Individual experiences Qualitative research Quantitative researchReferences.

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ISBN:

9781003558439

OCLC:

1483814269

Publisher Number:

CIPO000211663