Anti-Fracking Movements
Citizen Networks for Environmental Justice
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 10. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-350-24744-4 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on case studies from the UK, Spain, Germany, Colombia and Argentina, this book analyses how the anti-fracking movement has emerged as a powerful citizen platform with an ability to mobilize large numbers, change public sentiment and government opinion, and challenge powerful actors.
In response to the fracking boom, anti-fracking groups have emerged throughout the world and are playing a pivotal role in exposing different instances of substantive environmental and ecological injustice. Although the ability of affected residents to draw upon translocal slogans such as "not in my backyard" (NIMBY) has been powerful and has helped the anti-fracking movement avoid becoming spatially restricted, little is known about the formation of these broad-based coalitions.
Combining theoretical insights from green criminology and social movement studies, the authors address three critical questions: What role do shared claims of justice play in motivating citizens to join the anti-fracking movement? What are the strategies, actions and networks of the anti-fracking movement? Finally, how has the anti-fracking movement shifted from the local to the national, and then to global, levels?
In response to the fracking boom, anti-fracking groups have emerged throughout the world and are playing a pivotal role in exposing different instances of substantive environmental and ecological injustice. Although the ability of affected residents to draw upon translocal slogans such as "not in my backyard" (NIMBY) has been powerful and has helped the anti-fracking movement avoid becoming spatially restricted, little is known about the formation of these broad-based coalitions.
Combining theoretical insights from green criminology and social movement studies, the authors address three critical questions: What role do shared claims of justice play in motivating citizens to join the anti-fracking movement? What are the strategies, actions and networks of the anti-fracking movement? Finally, how has the anti-fracking movement shifted from the local to the national, and then to global, levels?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-24744-4 (9781350247444)
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Persons
Damien Short is Director of the Human Rights Consortium (HRC) and a Professor of Human Rights and Environmental Justice at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. He is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Human Rights and Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human Rights in the Commonwealth. He has also worked with a variety of NGOs including Amnesty International, War on Want, Survival International, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs; and with a range of campaign groups including Eradicating Ecocide, Biofuelwatch, Climate Justice Collective and the UK Tar Sands Network. He currently advises local anti-fracking groups in the UK and county councils on the human rights implications of fracking.
Malayna Raftopoulos is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.
Malayna Raftopoulos is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.
Author
School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK
Aalborg University, Denmark
Content
Part I: Overview
1. Introduction
2. Bridging the Gap Between Green Criminology and Social Movement Studies
PART II Case Studies
3. 'Much More than NIMBYism': the UK's Anti-Fracking Movement
4. Spain and the Case of the Basque Country
5. The Anti-Fracking Movement and the 'Ban' in Germany
6. Argentina and the Vaca Muerta
7. Colombia and the Case of San Martin
PART III Discussion and Conclusion
8. Comparison of Case Studies
9. Conclusion
Index
Bibliography
1. Introduction
2. Bridging the Gap Between Green Criminology and Social Movement Studies
PART II Case Studies
3. 'Much More than NIMBYism': the UK's Anti-Fracking Movement
4. Spain and the Case of the Basque Country
5. The Anti-Fracking Movement and the 'Ban' in Germany
6. Argentina and the Vaca Muerta
7. Colombia and the Case of San Martin
PART III Discussion and Conclusion
8. Comparison of Case Studies
9. Conclusion
Index
Bibliography