TY - JOUR
T1 - When anger meets joy
T2 - how emotions mobilise and sustain the anti-coal seam gas movement in regional Australia
AU - Ransan-Cooper, Hedda
AU - A. Ercan, Selen
AU - Duus, Sonya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/11/2
Y1 - 2018/11/2
N2 - In many countries, the expansion of unconventional gas exploration and development has been met with grassroots resistance; the scale and depth of which has surprised even movement organisers. An often-remarked feature of the movement’s success is the teaming up of farmers and environmental organisers, historically at odds with one another on other environmental issues. This paper explores the role of emotions in building alliances, and mobilising opponents of coal seam gas (CSG) in a particular rural setting in Australia. Drawing on interviews with anti-CSG movement participants, the paper argues that emotions help to explain how the movement has mobilised and sustained alliances despite differences between movement participants. We find that while anger plays a central role in mobilising various anti-CSG actors, it is the combination of anger with joy which helps to sustain the anti-CSG movement in regional Australia. Our analysis reveals three key sites (individuals, within groups, and the public arena) where these emotions are expressed and negotiated, and emphasises the influence of the rural context in this process.
AB - In many countries, the expansion of unconventional gas exploration and development has been met with grassroots resistance; the scale and depth of which has surprised even movement organisers. An often-remarked feature of the movement’s success is the teaming up of farmers and environmental organisers, historically at odds with one another on other environmental issues. This paper explores the role of emotions in building alliances, and mobilising opponents of coal seam gas (CSG) in a particular rural setting in Australia. Drawing on interviews with anti-CSG movement participants, the paper argues that emotions help to explain how the movement has mobilised and sustained alliances despite differences between movement participants. We find that while anger plays a central role in mobilising various anti-CSG actors, it is the combination of anger with joy which helps to sustain the anti-CSG movement in regional Australia. Our analysis reveals three key sites (individuals, within groups, and the public arena) where these emotions are expressed and negotiated, and emphasises the influence of the rural context in this process.
KW - Conflict
KW - emotions
KW - fracking
KW - movement
KW - rural
KW - unconventional gas
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053030702&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14742837.2018.1515624
DO - 10.1080/14742837.2018.1515624
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-2837
VL - 17
SP - 635
EP - 657
JO - Social Movement Studies
JF - Social Movement Studies
IS - 6
ER -