Rethinking ecological citizenship: the role of neighbourhood networks in cultural change
Rethinking ecological citizenship: the role of neighbourhood networks in cultural change
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DOI：
10.1080/09644016.2011.617169
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发表时间：
2011-11
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
E. Kennedy
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作者：
E. Kennedy
生态公民权是一种规范性理论，被用来解释一些人如何在晚期资本主义的约束下过上可持续的生活。将公民身份纳入可持续性的讨论通常被认为是有价值的，尽管有些人认为生态公民身份的个人主义取向是一个弱点。个人和群体带来社会变革的不同能力直到最近才进入生态公民权的讨论，在很大程度上忽视了集体的作用，环境政治中的文化转变。借鉴生态公民理论和定性数据，生态公民理论的潜力，通过更大程度地承认非正式的邻里网络，以可持续消费为中心，纳入更强的文化层面，进行了审查。当生态公民参与到一个非正式的社区网络中时，就会形成一个良性循环。这减少了社区可持续生活的障碍，并加深了成员对地方一级公民身份的承诺。在一个非正式的邻里网络的情况下，生态公民作为一个集体比作为个人更有力的文化变革的代理人。
Ecological citizenship is a normative theory that has been used to explain how some individuals lead sustainable lives within the constraints of late capitalism. Bringing citizenship into the discussion of sustainability is generally viewed as valuable, though some perceive the individualistic orientation of ecological citizenship to be a weakness. The varying capacities of individuals and groups to bring about social change have only recently entered discussion of ecological citizenship, largely neglecting the role of collective, cultural shifts in environmental politics. Drawing on ecological citizenship theory and qualitative data, the potential for ecological citizenship theory to incorporate a stronger cultural dimension through greater recognition of informal neighbourhood networks, centred on sustainable consumption, is examined. When ecological citizens engage in an informal neighbourhood-based network, a virtuous circle ensues. This reduces barriers to sustainable living in the neighbourhood, as well as deepening members’ commitment to citizenship at the local level. In the case of an informal neighbourhood network, ecological citizens are more potent agents of cultural change as a collective than as individuals.