Young Activists as International Norm Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Greta Thunberg's Campaigning on Climate Change in Europe and Beyond

• Authors: Dorota Heidrich , Justyna Nakonieczna-Bartosiewicz

Abstracts

EN

The role and significance of young activists in the process of international norm creation, diffusion, internalisation, and implementation have not received much attention in academic research. Yet, as a case study of Greta Thunberg campaigning on climate change has proven, children and teenagers can become significant norm entrepreneurs. Using the theoretical underpinnings of social constructivism, this article identifies and analyses Thunberg's actions to exhort pressure on states, members of governments and international organisations to further develop and implement norms that would help save the planet from the imminent climate crisis. Our research uses an exploratory and inductive approach in which qualitative research methods (a case study of Greta Thunberg) and discourse analysis are applied.

Keywords

EN

International Norms; Climate Regime; Young Activists; Greta Thunberg; School Strike for Climate

• Publisher: Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 117-152

Contributors

author

Dorota Heidrich

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000000151354448

author

Justyna Nakonieczna-Bartosiewicz

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

• https://orcid.org/0000000267831955

Identifiers

DOI

10.33067/SE.2.2021.6

Biblioteka Nauki

1633768