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Subject(s)

• Non-governmental organizations—Environmental aspects [Browse]
• Non-governmental organizations—Social aspects [Browse]
• Corporations—Environmental aspects [Browse]
• Social responsibility of business [Browse]
• Public-private sector cooperation [Browse]

Related name

Lyon, Thomas P. [Browse]

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271) and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• COVER; GOOD COP/BAD COP: Environmental NGOs and their Strategies toward Business; COPYRIGHT ; CONTENTS ; CONTRIBUTORS ; FOREWORD: WHAT DO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WANT? ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION
• PART I WHERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS HEADED?CHAPTER 1 THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY NGO; CHAPTER 2 WHO IS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT?; PART II HOW DO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND NGOS?; CHAPTER 3 CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS AND IMPACTS OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT; CHAPTER 4 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS: WHAT POLITICAL SCIENCE HAS TO OFFER; CHAPTER 5 AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON NGO STRATEGIES AND OBJECTIVES; PART III HOW DO PRACTITIONERS UNDERSTAND NGOS?; CHAPTER 6 CONFRONTATION VS. COOPERATION: ALTERNATIVE NGO STYLES; CHAPTER 7 WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
• CHAPTER 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDCHAPTER 9 GREENPEACE; CHAPTER 10 RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK; CHAPTER 11 CORPORATE RESPONSES TO NGO CAMPAIGNS; CHAPTER 12 COOPERATION: LEARNING FROM BP'S EXPERIENCE WITH NGOS; PART IV THE ROAD AHEAD; CHAPTER 13 AN NGO RESEARCH PROGRAM: A COLLECTIVE ACTION PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 14 GOOD COPS, BAD COPS, AND THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE; INDEX

Other title(s)

Good cop, bad cop

ISBN

• 1-280-87348-5
• 9786613714794
• 1-136-52466-5
• 1-936331-50-0
• 1-136-52465-7
• 9781936331505

OCLC

• 804665754
• 801406412

Doi

10.4324/9781936331505

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