Voluntary associations, professional organisations and the environmental movement in the United States

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Local voluntary associations and national professional environmental organizations both play a role in shaping the overall nature of the environmental movement in the US. Research based on newspaper abstracts over a 15-year period indicates that the unconventional actions of voluntary groups tend to take place at least a year before similar actions by professional organizations. Voluntary organizations play an important role in making local communities aware of significant issues and in sensitizing the wider public to developing problems.

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Power, politics and environmental movements in the Third World

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Environmental groups in the Third World generally seek to encourage local people to protect the local environment against outside interests. These groups are mainly rurally-based, tend to have wide socio-economic and political concerns and are dominated by women. Environment-oriented protests often form elements of wider protests against governments and their policies. There are a number of factors that make environmental campaigns more likely to succeed, including the presence of democratic and legal routes to pursue environmental aims.

Developing countries, Environmental policy

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