Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism: Breaking the Law to Change the World

by Oscar Berglund and Daniel Schmidt

Book Overview

This book summarises and critiques Extinction Rebellion (XR) as a social movement organisation, engaging with key issues surrounding its analysis, strategy and tactics. The authors suggest that XR have an underdeveloped and apolitical view of the kind of change necessary to address climate change, and that while this enables the building of broad movements, it is also an obstacle to achieving the systemic change that they are aiming for.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030483614
• ISBN13: 9783030483616
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"