Norms, interests and environment NGOs: The limits of cosmopolitanism

Kellow, Aynsley

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“…Greenpeace is a centralised organisation with franchises in 38 different states 3 but under the control of its International Office, which, in turn, is directed by a board constituted according to the level of finance provided by national franchises. This means that the Dutch, German, UK, US and Australian branches control the majority of posts (Kellow 2000). In contrast, in FoEI each of the 71 national groups has an equal vote irrespective of the size of its membership or financial contribution to the Federation.…”

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Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a transnational identity

Doherty

2006

Environmental Politics

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This is an electronic version of an article published in Environmental Politicsdistinctive organisational culture allowed the network to rebuild its solidarity, though without ever fully resolving differences of ideology. It is argued that FoEI will be best able to maintain its North-South representation if it accepts that internal conflicts and debates over core ideological questions are normal for social movements.There are many reasons for seeing transnational action as increasing in importance for the environmental movement, but among the least understood are the processes by which actors from different countries develop collective identities capable of jointly defining injustice and mobilising action across national borders (Tarrow and della Porta 2005: 228-9). This is arguably more of a challenge for the environmental movement than for many others. Whereas movements based on gender, sexuality, ethnicity and religion can draw upon their common characteristics to define their solidarity across national borders (Rupp and Taylor 1999), environmentalists must evoke a universal humanity (Smith 2002). This is also a feature shared with human rights and development social movement organisations, but when it comes to developing a common agenda divisions have emerged

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“…Greenpeace is often likened to a corporation dominated by Northern agendas with its internal politics mostly invisible to outsiders (Kellow 2000). Although WWF has increasingly oriented its work towards poverty alleviation in the South as the best means to protect the natural world, it remains cautious about being perceived as radical.…”

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“…Commentators on NGOs have noted the dominance of Northern organizations in transnational networks, and questioned whether organizations that combine groups from North and South can ever work inclusively (Kellow 2000;DeMars 2005). So, the evidence about which organizations participate most within FoEI has a bearing on this question.…”

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Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity

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Doyle

2013

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Non-governmental public action (NGPA) by and for disadvantaged and marginalized people has become increasingly significant over the past two decades. This new book series is designed to make a fresh and original contribution to the understanding of NGPA. It presents the findings of innovative and policy-relevant research carried out by established and new scholars working in collaboration with researchers across the world. The series is international in scope and includes both theoretical and empirical work.The series marks a departure from previous studies in this area in at least two important respects. First, it goes beyond a singular focus on developmental NGOs or the voluntary sector to include a range of non-governmental public actors such as advocacy networks, campaigns and coalitions, trades unions, peace groups, rightsbased groups, cooperatives and social movements. Second, the series is innovative in stimulating a new approach to international comparative research that promotes comparison of the so-called developing world with the so-called developed world, thereby querying the conceptual utility and relevance of categories such as North and South.

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“…These groups themselves nevertheless face open interrogation of their legitimacy, which goes beyond internal member accountability. For some observers, the claims of transnational ENGOs often embody unquestioned assumptions, constructing 'global' environmental problems -suffused with unexamined European or North American values -which may run against the economic development interests of poorer countries [Kellow, 2000;Shaffer, 2001]. Furthermore, none of the five transnational environment and development NGOs participating in the survey on WTO briefings currently holds NGO accreditation with the UN Economic and Social Council (although one is officially recognised by the UN Conference on Trade and Development).…”

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Representing Transnational Environmental Interests: New Opportunities for Non-Governmental Organisation Access within the World Trade Organisation?

Mason¹

2004

Environmental Politics

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Norms, interests and environment NGOs: The limits of cosmopolitanism

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Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a transnational identity

Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a transnational identity

Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity

Representing Transnational Environmental Interests: New Opportunities for Non-Governmental Organisation Access within the World Trade Organisation?

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