Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7-30 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Organization and Environment |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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.
Keywords
- activist NGOs
- community environmental pressure
- comparative analysis
- corporate sustainability
- private politics
- social movement organizations
- sustainable development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
