This article offers a relational account of the emergence, development, and impact of a social movement against urban fracking in Denton, Texas. It highlights the role played by the interactions between grassroots activism, local officials, and other stakeholders in the political construction of shared understandings of environmental risk. Drawing upon scholarship on risk perceptions and on social movement outcomes, the article argues that as a result of relationships of conflict and cooperation between activists, officials, residents, and oil and gas industry representatives, a field of opinion about the potential (negative) 0611-0658-AUYERO ET AL.indd 612 14/10/2019 05:09:47 p.m. AuyEro, HErNáNdEz y stitt: EN El ViENtrE dE lA bEstiA... 613 impacts of fracking emerged. It shows that grassroots, face-to-face, joint action played a key role in the campaign to ban fracking. Localized collective action should be at the front and center of social scientific examinations of shared understandings of environmental danger.

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野兽腹中的草根行动主义：德克萨斯州反对城市水力压裂运动的关系描述

本文对德克萨斯州丹顿市反对城市水力压裂的社会运动的出现、发展和影响进行了相关说明。它强调了基层激进主义、地方官员和其他利益相关者之间的互动在环境风险共识的政治建设中所发挥的作用。文章借鉴了关于风险认知和社会运动结果的学术研究，认为由于活动家、官员、居民和石油和天然气行业代表之间的冲突和合作关系，关于潜在（负面）0611 的意见领域-0658-AUYERO ET AL.indd 612 14/10/2019 05:09:47 pm AuyEro，HerNáNdEz y stitt：EN El ViENTrE dE lA bEstiA... 613 次水力压裂的影响出现了。它表明基层，面对面，联合行动在禁止水力压裂的运动中发挥了关键作用。本地化的集体行动应该成为对环境危险的共同理解的社会科学检验的前沿和中心。