Alex Wernke, Eva Junge, Julian Bleh, Karen Hamann, Paula Blumenschein, Sophia Dasch

The Psychology of Collective Climate Action

Building Climate Courage

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032905280
• ISBN-10: 103290528X
• Artikelnr.: 72655586

Autorenporträt

Karen Hamann is a research fellow at the Department of Social Psychology of Leipzig University, Germany. Her research concerns empowerment, collective action, visions of an ecological future, and the energy transition. She is a co-founder of Wandelwerk e.V., a collective of practice-oriented environmental psychologists of which all the authors are members. Eva Junge works as an environmental psychologist and climate communicator. She is a co-founder of Wandelwerk e.V., an advisor for socio-environmental NGOs, and an "artivist". Paula Blumenschein is a research associate at TU Dortmund University, Germany. She works in the clinical and biological psychology working group with a focus on the climate crisis and mental health. Sophia Dasch is an environmental psychologist and science communicator, specializing in climate education and consultation. She also works as a project manager at ConPolicy, an institute for consumer policy. Alexander Wernke works as a climate communication trainer for klima*kollektiv and as a freelance political educator. Julian Bleh is a research associate at the Department of Social Psychology, Leipzig University, Germany, where his research is concentrated on the ability to envision social change.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
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 Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Overview of the Psychological Model
Defining collective climate action
Examples of collective climate action
Differentiating between collective and private climate action
The Social Identity Model of Collective Action
The structure of this book
References Chapter 1
Part 1: Motivating for collective climate action
Chapter 2: Social Identification
Defining social identification
From social identification to collective climate action
How we can strengthen identification with climate action groups
Focus 1: Highlighting the connection to climate action groups
Focus 1 - Strategy 1: Identifying common fates and traits
Focus 1 - Strategy 2: Linking with pre-existing social identities
Focus 1 - Strategy 3: Redefining group norms
Focus 1 - Strategy 4: Creating a shared group identity
Focus 2: Creating climate action groups that meet people's needs
Focus 2 - Strategy 1: Fostering a sense of belonging
Focus 2 - Strategy 2: Making members feel good about the group
Focus 2 - Strategy 3: Helping to establish clear meaning and purpose
Focus 2 - Strategy 4: Establishing a sense of control
Discovering your social identification
References Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Moral Beliefs and Emotions
Defining moral beliefs
Core values
From moral beliefs and emotions to collective climate action
Guilt
Anger
How we can use moral beliefs and emotions as tools for effecting collective
climate action
Focus 1: Create anger-eliciting situations
Focus 1 - Strategy 1: Drawing attention to injustice and who's responsible
for it
Focus 1 - Strategy 2: Communicating others' outrage
Focus 2: Using moral beliefs and anger to build external support
Focus 2 - Strategy 1: Narrowing the moral-empathy gap with direct contact
Focus 2 - Strategy 2: Challenging, not threatening others' self-image
Focus 2 - Strategy 3: Balancing public perception and media attention in
the activist's dilemma
Focus 2 - Strategy 4: Considering the impacts of a radical flank
Focus 2 - Strategy 5: Using constructive disruption to reduce resistance to
climate goals
Focus 2 - Strategy 6: Ensuring that a climate action is seen as legitimate,
relatable, and effective
Discovering your value basis
References Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Framing Climate Action
Defining framing
Challenging existing frames
How we can create frames for collective climate action
Considering target audiences in framing decisions
References Chapter 4
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 1 - Strategy 1: Highlighting success and efficacy
Focus 1 - Strategy 2: Emphasizing that many others are involved
Focus 1 - Strategy 3: Eliciting positive feelings and hope
Focus 1 - Strategy 4: Envisioning a better socio-ecological future
Focus 2: Designing group contexts that nurture efficacy
Focus 2 - Strategy 1: Considering diverse motivations and group sizes
Focus 2 - Strategy 2: Choosing goals and actions wisely
Focus 2 - Strategy 3: Highlighting and building skills
Focus 2 - Strategy 4: Distributing roles
Discovering your efficacy beliefs
References Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Psychological Effects of Collective Climate Action
Action first, motivation second
Effects of an action's success or failure
Strategies 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 action
References Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Summary of the Model
Applying the pillars of motivation to drive collective climate action
References Chapter 7
Part 2: Cultivating resilient and effective collective climate action
Chapter 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 burnout
References Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Socio-ecological Transformation
Looking at the bigger picture
Defining socio-ecological transformation
The Multi-Level Perspective
Three levels of change
The theory of change for the Multi-Level Perspective
The Social Tipping Point Concept
The theory of change for the Social Tipping Points
The Three Strategies of Transformation
Circumstances of transformation
The theory of change for the Three Strategies of Transformation
The Movement Action Plan
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 9
Chapter 10: Effective Goals for Climate Groups
Picking your battles: goals and target groups
Target group descriptions
Strategies for achieving target group goals
How to achieve these goals using SOCIAL IDENTITY (Chapter 2)
How to achieve these goals using MORAL BELIEFS (Chapter 3)
How to achieve these goals using FRAMING (Chapter 4)
How to achieve these goals using EFFICACY BELIEFS (Chapter 5)
How to achieve these goals using COLLECTIVE ACTION (Chapter 6)
How to achieve these goals using RESILIENCE STRATEGIES (Chapter 8)
Defining your goals and strategies
References Chapter 10
Chapter 11: Conclusion, Recommendations, and Further Ideas
Final Words
Recommended books and videos to explore
Research areas in need of addressing
References Chapter 11
Appendix: Overview of Research Designs
Quantitative research
Qualitative research
Individual experiences
References Appendix