Victim, litigant, activist, messiah: The child in a time of climate change

Nicole Rogers

doi:10.4337/9781800881099.00009

Victim, litigant, activist, messiah: The child in a time of climate change

Nicole Rogers^*

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Abstract

In this article, I identify and examine four framings of the child in regard to climate change issues, including activism and policy reform. My focus is on the extent to which children are moving beyond the category of victim and assuming a disparate role and dis-tinctive voice in various climate discourses: as litigant, as activist and as messiah. I explore the changing role of the child as a political, legal and social phenomenon, and consider the extent to which writers of climate and other forms of fiction have antici-pated and contribute to these different framings of the child.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From Student Strikes to the Extinction Rebellion: New Protest Movements Shaping our Future
Editors	Benjamin J Richardson
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages	103-121
Number of pages	19
Volume	11
Edition	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800881099
ISBN (Print)	9781800881082
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800881099.00009 https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2020.03.05
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Number	3
Volume	11
ISSN (Print)	1759-7188

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Rogers, N. (2020). Victim, litigant, activist, messiah: The child in a time of climate change. In B. J. Richardson (Ed.), From Student Strikes to the Extinction Rebellion: New Protest Movements Shaping our Future (3 ed., Vol. 11, pp. 103-121). (Journal of Human Rights and the Environment; Vol. 11, No. 3). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800881099.00009, https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2020.03.05

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Rogers N. Victim, litigant, activist, messiah: The child in a time of climate change. In Richardson BJ, editor, From Student Strikes to the Extinction Rebellion: New Protest Movements Shaping our Future. 3 ed. Vol. 11. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2020. p. 103-121. (Journal of Human Rights and the Environment; 3). doi: 10.4337/9781800881099.00009, 10.4337/jhre.2020.03.05

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