Farkındalıktan Siyasal Eylemliliğe: Çevre Bilincinin Siyasallaşmasının Koşulları ve Çevresel Bozulmanın Sürekliliği

Abstract

Bu çalışma, çevre bilincinin giderek daha görünür hale gelmesine rağmen çevresel bozulmanın neden devam ettiğini incelemektedir. Davranışsal yaklaşımların çevre bilinci ile bireysel davranış arasındaki ilişkiye yönelik katkılarından hareketle çalışma, çevresel bilincin hangi koşullarda yapısal ve kurumsal süreçleri etkileyebilecek kolektif siyasal eylemliliğe dönüşebileceğine odaklanmaktadır. Bu amaçla “çevresel sorumluluğun tüketicileştirilmesi” kavramı geliştirilmekte ve çevresel sorumluluğun giderek tüketici rolü ve tüketim pratikleri aracılığıyla örgütlenmesine dikkat çekilmektedir. Çalışma, çevresel bilincin siyasallaşmasını şekillendiren birbiriyle ilişkili ancak analitik olarak farklı üç boyut tanımlamaktadır: yapısal koşullar, siyasi ve kurumsal koşullar ile yapabilirlik koşulları. Bu koşullar birbirini izleyen aşamalar olarak değil, kolektif siyasal eylemliliğin gelişimini ve çevresel bozulmayı yeniden üreten süreçleri etkileme kapasitesini şekillendiren farklı mekanizmalar olarak ele alınmaktadır.

Keywords

• Çevre Bilinci
• Çevre Siyaseti
• Çevresel Bozulma
• Çevresel Sorumluluğun Tüketicileştirilmesi
• Kolektif Siyasal Eylemlilik

From Awareness to Political Agency: The Conditions for the Politicisation of Environmental Consciousness and the Persistence of Environmental Degradation

Abstract

This article examines why environmental degradation persists despite the increasing visibility of environmental consciousness. Building on the contributions of behavioural approaches to understanding the relationship between environmental consciousness and individual behaviour, it focuses on the conditions under which environmental consciousness can develop into collective political agency capable of influencing structural and institutional processes. To this end, the article develops the concept of the “consumerisation of environmental responsibility,” drawing attention to the increasing organisation of environmental responsibility through the consumer role and consumption practices. It identifies three interrelated but analytically distinct dimensions shaping the politicisation of environmental consciousness: structural conditions, political and institutional conditions, and capability conditions. Rather than constituting successive stages, these conditions are understood as different mechanisms shaping the development of collective political agency and its capacity to influence the processes reproducing environmental degradation.

Keywords

• Collective Political Agency
• Consumerisation ıf Environmental Responsibility
• Environmental Consciousness
• Environmental Degradation
• Environmental Politics

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