TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the Organization of Green Activism
T2 - Sociological and Economic Perspectives
AU - Heyes, Anthony
AU - King, Brayden
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Heyes acknowledges financial support for this research from the Canada Research Chairs program and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada under Insight Grant Number 435-2012-472.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Environmental activists are an important voice in public and private politics, urging governmental and corporate responses and solutions to ongoing environmental damage. Scholars have become increasingly interested in understanding environmental movements and the influence of environmental activist organizations. This article describes two literatures that have analyzed the dynamics and outcomes of activism, one based in a sociological examination of social movements and the other in economic analysis of activist nongovernmental organizations. Although the literatures sometimes use different language and methods, they have much in common. We highlight the consistent themes—in particular the shared respect for the rational actor model—the particular strengths of each tradition, and directions for future research where synergies between the disciplines could be more fully exploited.
AB - Environmental activists are an important voice in public and private politics, urging governmental and corporate responses and solutions to ongoing environmental damage. Scholars have become increasingly interested in understanding environmental movements and the influence of environmental activist organizations. This article describes two literatures that have analyzed the dynamics and outcomes of activism, one based in a sociological examination of social movements and the other in economic analysis of activist nongovernmental organizations. Although the literatures sometimes use different language and methods, they have much in common. We highlight the consistent themes—in particular the shared respect for the rational actor model—the particular strengths of each tradition, and directions for future research where synergies between the disciplines could be more fully exploited.
KW - activist NGOs
KW - community environmental pressure
KW - comparative analysis
KW - corporate sustainability
KW - private politics
KW - social movement organizations
KW - sustainable development
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U2 - 10.1177/1086026618788859
DO - 10.1177/1086026618788859
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049965626
SN - 1086-0266
VL - 33
SP - 7
EP - 30
JO - Organization and Environment
JF - Organization and Environment
IS - 1
ER -
