Climate Action and Civil Society in Turkey and Germany

Contested Common Ground

Hande Paker

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English

Routledge
04 September 2025

Politics & government; Environment law; Management of land & natural resources; Global warming

Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

This book explores the social and political dynamics that shape the impacts of climate change, drawing upon Turkey and Germany to offer a comprehensive comparative analysis.

Civil society representatives, the climate movement, the youth, and arts and culture actors from around the world unequivocally call for a deep transformation of political, economic, and social structures in order to avoid the devastating effects of climate change. The transformation that is prescribed is perceived as insufficient, technocratic, and market-based and does not involve challenging power relations at the heart of climate action. This book addresses these concerns, using a comparative analysis to explore the issues and efficiency of a meaningful sustainable transition. The in-depth comparison of two conventionally dissimilar cases, Turkey and Germany, demonstrates that civil society actors in different political settings can use similar strategies and frames for climate action against state actors. In turn, states use similar depoliticization strategies (albeit via different mechanisms) and economic growth narratives to reproduce hegemony. The book untangles the different processes that create the contentious, politicized common ground in which these stakeholders interact with each other. The findings of this research have significant implications for many developing and developed countries alike where climate policymaking is painstakingly inadequate.

This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and academics interested in political ecology, climate politics, and politics of development.

By: Hande Paker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781032908359
ISBN 10: 1032908351
Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 04 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Introduction: Climate politics, power relations, and the idea of the common ground Chapter 2: Making of the common ground Chapter 3: The role of civil society in building the climate common ground Chapter 4: The political context in Turkey and Germany Chapter 5: Transformative climate politics

Hande Paker is a political sociologist who works on the politics of climate and the environment, civil society, state, cosmopolitan citizenship, and political ecology. Her articles have appeared in various edited volumes and international journals such as Environmental Politics, Theory and Society, Voluntas, and Middle Eastern Studies. She was previously a senior research fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at Duisburg-Essen University, Mercator-IPC fellow at Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University; a visiting scholar at CliSAP, Hamburg University, and an associate professor at Bahcesehir University. Hande Paker holds a PhD from McGill University, Canada. She received her MA from McGill University as well and her BA from Boğaziçi University, Turkey.