Good Cop/Bad Cop Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Toward Business

Name: Good Cop/Bad Cop Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Toward Business
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ISBN: 9781933115788

ISBN-10: 1933115785

ISBN-13: 9781933115788

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thomas Lyon

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Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity. At the same time, the landscape in which they operate is changing rapidly. Markets, and direct engagement with industry, rather than traditional government regulation, are often the tools of choice for NGOs seeking to change corporate behavior today. Yet these new strategies are poorly understood-by business, academics, and NGOs themselves. How will NGOs choose which battles to fight, differentiate themselves from one another in order to attract membership and funding, and…

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List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/23/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Contributors


Foreword



Preface


Introduction




Where Are Environmental NGOs Headed?



The Twenty-First-Century NGO




Who Is Part of die Environmental Movement?




How Do Social Scientists Understand NGOs?



Civil Society and the Environment: Understanding the Dynamics and Impacts of the U.S. Environmental Movement




Environmental Groups: What Political Science Has to Offer




An Economic Perspective on NGO Strategies and Objectives




How Do Practitioners Understand NGOs?



Confrontation vs. Cooperation: Alternative NGO Styles




World Wildlife Fund




Environmental Defense Fund




Greenpeace




Rainforest Action Network




Corporate Responses to NGO Campaigns




Cooperation: Learning from BP's Experience with NGOs




The Road Ahead



An NGO Research Program: A Collective Action Perspective




Good Cops, Bad Cops, and the New Environmental Governance



Index