Colleagues: The Journal of Human Rights and Environment (JHRE), in conjunction with Edward Elgar Publishing, calls for papers for a special edition of the journal and an accompanying monograph to explore new environmental protest movements, including their goals, tactics and leverage in advancing political and legal action on climate change and other planetary crises. Across many countries recently, thousands of school children have taken to the streets to demand action on global warming. While lacking power at the ballot box, these youth have generated considerable media coverage and public debate. Similarly in the spotlight, the Extinction Rebellion (XR), which began in 2018, has used civil disobedience and nonviolent protest, including occupying public spaces and interrupting legislative proceedings, in seeking to rally support for urgent action to tackle biodiversity loss and climate breakdown. Some recent protest movements are focused on specific developments and policies within individual countries, such as the anti-pipeline protests at Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the United States. Conversely, the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement in France rallies against climate policy measures associated with rising fuel costs costs and higher costs of living.
These developments build on a long tradition of grassroots activism, notably the Occupy Movement, and the anti-globalization and anti--nuclear movements of recent decades, but bring into focus the role of new participants, like school children, and distinctive tactics, such as the hyper-aesthetic character of protest actions. Concurrently, some governments have recently introduced measures aimed at thwarting environmental activism, including anti-protest laws that criminalize some forms of protest that occupy civic spaces or disrupt businesses. This JHRE calls for articles that address the role of protest movements shaping our future, and in particular welcomes contributions that critically investigate one or more of the following issues: · The grievances of new protest movements relating to democratic deficits in government decision making that have provoked such activism. · The framing of a climate or planetary ‘emergency’ that XR and other activists are pushing. · Protest tactics, including as moral crusaders and aesthetic activists. · The efficacy of protest in leveraging change and forcing climate change action into the mainstream. · Case studies on specific protest events or groups. · The role and impact of anti-protest laws challenging environmental activism. Ideas for reform of political and legal institutions to represent youth and future generations in environmental governance today. All submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed, and should be no more than 10,000 words inclusive of references and prepared in accordance with the journal’s house style guidelines: JHRE Guidance. Authors of articles accepted for publication will be asked to sign the journal’s standard Contributor Agreement: JHRE License to Publish Submission of final articles should be via the journal’s webpage, https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/jhre/jhre-overview.xml All accepted submissions will concurrently also be published by Edward Elgar in a separate monograph, edited by Professor Richardson. The deadline for submission of articles is 31st March 2020, and prospective authors are welcome to contact in advance the guest editor Professor Benjamin J. Richardson for advice: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Best, Josh Assistant Editor, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment<http://www.elgaronline.com/jhre> ---------------------------------- Joshua C. Gellers, PhD Associate Professor Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration University of North Florida 1 UNF Drive Jacksonville, FL 32224 (e): [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (t): @JoshGellers (w): www.joshgellers.com<http://www.joshgellers.com/> Book: The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights<https://www.routledge.com/The-Global-Emergence-of-Constitutional-Environmental-Rights/Gellers/p/book/9781138696495> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/C436BAB8-925F-43C9-8560-7195C22D12D6%40unf.edu.
