Young Climate Protesters’ Mobilization Availability: Climate Marches and School Strikes Compared

Although there is a developing strand of literature on young people’s participation in environmental activism, have been few systematic comparisons their different forms activism. This article compares the people and older counterparts climate change marches Global Climate Strikes (GCSs). The agential structural factors that draw into protest are, general terms, well recognized. However, it also recognized lead to particular types certain issues might not be same as those issues. In this article, we keep issue constant (climate change), make across (marches school strikes). We coin term “mobilization availability”, which useful way understand why are differentially mobilized protest. Our notion mobilization availability invites scholars consider importance interplay supply demand for understanding who protests why. analyse data collected using standardized survey methodology ( n = 643). order account response rate bias, an acute problem when studying responses, weighted propensity score adjustments. find youth-oriented evoked by GCS higher numbers than did more adult-dominated marches. providing accessible protest, reduced degree required encourage streets, emotionally engaging them. Indeed, surveyed at GCSs were considerably angry adult counterparts, angrier other protests. conceptual empirical innovations paper important contribution political participation.