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Elections, government and cultural power

While the main focus of this website is on the climate movement – with the work of other social movements as a context – looking at the role of cultural power in election contests makes it possible to

  • focus on how cultural power is used to gain electoral power, and 
  • highlight the challenges facing the climate movement in influencing the political climate when cultural power is used in a way that obstructs its goals.