ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN WESTERN EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS

In: Environmental politics, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 13-34

Abstract

THE AUTHORS PRESENT A FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN WESTERN EUROPE SINCE THE 1980S. A MORE DIVERSIFIED RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS EMERGES THAN THE SIMPLE DICHOTOMY "GRASSROOTS PROTEST GROUPS VS. PROFESSIONAL LOBBY." THEY CONCENTRATE ON FOUR ORGANIZATIONAL TYPES, BASED ON DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSES TO PROBLEMS OF RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND POLITICAL EFFICACY: PUBLIC INTEREST LOBBY, PARTICIPATORY PROTEST ORGANIZATION, PROFESSIONAL PROTEST ORGANIZATION, AND THE PARTICIPATORY PRESSURE GROUP.