Movement against laying the “Northern stream — 2” gas pipeline through the Kurgalsky zakaznik as a network structure

Abstract: 
The article considers the possibility of studying grassroots environmental initiatives from the standpoint of the theory of “Network society” and the analysis of social networks. As an example, we use a network analysis of e-mail correspondence of participants of the grassroots environmental movement — “movement against the construction of the Nord stream-2 gas pipeline through the Kurgalsky reserve”. A theoretical approach to network analysis of grassroots environmental initiatives is described. The main concepts and categories of social network analysis are considered. The results of a network analysis of the correspondence of traffic participants are presented. These results show that the movement under study is indeed largely network-based and is described fairly well within the framework of the proposed approach. The main conclusion is that network analysis can be used in the study of grassroots environmental initiatives, and it makes it possible to obtain meaningful information about these movements.

For citation: Mischenko A.S. Movement against laying the “Northern stream — 2” gas pipeline through the Kurgalsky zakaznik as a network structure. St. Petersburg Sociology Today. 2020. N. 13/14. P. 153-197. DOI:10.25990/socinstras.pss-13-14.25b8-nz22

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