Police violence at anti-fracking protests: pacifying disruptive subjects

Jackson, Will; Monk, Helen

doi:10.1080/09627251.2014.984536

“…However, there is a pattern of limited advocacy and activism between local communities and British regulations. This is evidenced by the arrests of more than 200 demonstrators, including the detention of children, pregnant women, the elderly, sometimes using violent means (Jackson & Monk, 2014). This pressuring situation then made Friends of the Earth mobilizing these issues to the international realm by promoting ideas or norms to form a transnational network, aiming to influence British government policy.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It hinders the flow of advocacy and public activism against the British Government. More than 200 arrests of demonstrators included the detention of children, pregnant women, elderly people, and the arrest of women using violent means (Jackson & Monk, 2014). Also, the UK Government does not have a written environmental constitution or environmental provisions explicitly protecting individuals' rights affected by fracking activities.…”

Section: Anti-fracking Partiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Strategies of Transnational Advocacy Networks: A Support to Anti-Fracking Movement In The United Kingdom (2013-2019)

Azura

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,

Anggraeni

²

2021

JISEA

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The implementation of fracking activities in the United Kingdom that involves the pumping of water, chemicals, and sand underground to explore shale gas has caused several hazardous impacts. This situation has sparked protests from various kinds of demonstrators, both individuals and organizations. In response to the public objection to fracking activities, the British Government tended to fight back against the action. The detention of demonstrators ultimately created a pattern of limited advocacy among the public against the British Government. It has prompted an NGO called Friends of the Earth to start mobilizing these issues to the international realm by promoting principled ideas or norms to form a transnational network, aiming to influence national policy. The authors explain the transnational advocacy network's role in influencing British policy by applying the concept of Transnational Advocacy Network (TAN) from Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. Specifically, the role is analysed based on TAN’s strategies, namely Information Politics, Symbolic Politics, Leverage Politics, and Accountability Politics. The authors also use Constructivism Theory to explain how norms and ideas can influence national policy. This research uses qualitative methods with secondary data collection techniques to describe and interpret some relevant phenomena to become an integrated explanation.

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“…It hinders the flow of advocacy and public activism against the British Government. More than 200 arrests of demonstrators included the detention of children, pregnant women, elderly people, and the arrest of women using violent means (Jackson & Monk, 2014). Also, the UK Government does not have a written environmental constitution or environmental provisions explicitly protecting individuals' rights affected by fracking activities.…”

Section: Anti-fracking Partiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Strategies of Transnational Advocacy Networks: A Support to Anti-Fracking Movement In The United Kingdom (2013-2019)

Azura

¹

,

Anggraeni

²

2021

JISEA

0

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The implementation of fracking activities in the United Kingdom that involves the pumping of water, chemicals, and sand underground to explore shale gas has caused several hazardous impacts. This situation has sparked protests from various kinds of demonstrators, both individuals and organizations. In response to the public objection to fracking activities, the British Government tended to fight back against the action. The detention of demonstrators ultimately created a pattern of limited advocacy among the public against the British Government. It has prompted an NGO called Friends of the Earth to start mobilizing these issues to the international realm by promoting principled ideas or norms to form a transnational network, aiming to influence national policy. The authors explain the transnational advocacy network's role in influencing British policy by applying the concept of Transnational Advocacy Network (TAN) from Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink. Specifically, the role is analysed based on TAN’s strategies, namely Information Politics, Symbolic Politics, Leverage Politics, and Accountability Politics. The authors also use Constructivism Theory to explain how norms and ideas can influence national policy. This research uses qualitative methods with secondary data collection techniques to describe and interpret some relevant phenomena to become an integrated explanation.

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“…In cases where protest is low-level or absent, the literature suggests multiple possible explanations. In some cases, the state may repress protest or silence potential resistance through violent police action (99), and in other cases, proponents of developments might actively mount campaigns of their own to promote extractive industries (100). Some communities find it difficult to identify the specific threats of a new industry, especially in regions already reliant on extractive industries (101); in those places where social identities and economic opportunities are tied to extractive industries, citizens might also feel conflicted about industrial developments (97,102).…”

Section: Fractured Movements and Limited Protestmentioning

confidence: 99%

Debating Unconventional Energy: Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Neville

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,

Baka

²

,

Gamper‐Rabindran

³

et al. 2017

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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The extraction of unconventional oil and gas-from shale rocks, tight sand, and coalbed formations-is shifting the geographies of fossil fuel production, with complex consequences. Following Jackson et al.'s (1) natural science survey of the environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing, this review examines social science literature on unconventional energy. After an overview of the rise of unconventional energy, the review examines energy economics and geopolitics, community mobilization, and state and private regulatory responses. Unconventional energy requires different frames of analysis than conventional energy because of three characteristics: increased drilling density, low-carbon and "clean" energy narratives of natural gas, and distinct ownership and royalty structures. This review points to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the resulting dynamic, multilevel web of relationships that implicate land, water, food, and climate. Furthermore, the review highlights how scholarship on unconventional energy informs the broader energy landscape and contested energy futures. 2.1

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Police violence at anti-fracking protests: pacifying disruptive subjects

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The Strategies of Transnational Advocacy Networks: A Support to Anti-Fracking Movement In The United Kingdom (2013-2019)

The Strategies of Transnational Advocacy Networks: A Support to Anti-Fracking Movement In The United Kingdom (2013-2019)

The Strategies of Transnational Advocacy Networks: A Support to Anti-Fracking Movement In The United Kingdom (2013-2019)

Debating Unconventional Energy: Social, Political, and Economic Implications

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