Mastering national contextual challenges: the institutionalisation of LPO and Greenpeace France compared

Berny, Nathalie

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“…Relying on scientific knowledge and institutional actors, they may successfully argue for conservation status for particular zones (Ollitraut, 2008;Tovey, 2009). One of the main French environmental organizations to use the new European rules is the League for Bird Protection (Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux (LPO); see Berny, 2009). The LPO has campaigned for years to shorten the hunting season, to protect endangered species, and to obtain national legislation in line with the Wild Birds Directive.…”

Section: Contesting Rural Recreationmentioning

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Contested rural activities: Class, politics and shooting in the French countryside

Mischi

2012

Ethnography

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This article illustrates the impact of environmental protection measures on social attitudes and political behaviour in rural France through the prism of hunting. Fieldwork was conducted in France's second largest wetland, La Brière Regional Natural Park. Locals mobilize a claimed tradition of hostility toward a vaguely defined 'them' in order to protect their rural and collective rights. The European Union and the European ruling class have become another face of the threat against the rural way of life of the local working class. As this population felt growing pressure from industrial economic impoverishment and a rural sociability crisis, support for the pro-countryside political party 'Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions' rose. This article depicts hunters' growing concern over EU directives for the conservation of wild migratory birds, and then examines the mobilization and discourse of locals against some aspects of the policy of nature conservation.

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Section: Contesting Rural Recreationmentioning

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Contested rural activities: Class, politics and shooting in the French countryside

Mischi

2012

Ethnography

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“…More Greenpeace supporters are trained to take part in direct action than was the case before, although their numbers are still very small compared to the subscribers in Northern countries and their actions are still centrally planned. Local groups, which previously existed mainly to fundraise, have more opportunities to engage in campaigns, although, again, these have to be pre-approved by the national office (Saunders 2007b;Berny 2009). And Greenpeace joins coalitions with other environmental organizations more than in the past, although not in the case of direct action protests.…”

Section: Global Green Non-governmental Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity

Doherty

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 play an important role in establishing regularized systems and stable patterns of operation, in contrast to more flexible issue-based grassroots organizations. NGOs adopt a range of methods to achieve their goals (Berny 2009;Carmin and Balser 2002) but there has been a noted tendency towards professionalization, as they seek to secure funding to sustain their activities (van der Heijden 1999). The shift towards professionalized structures has facilitated better relationships with administrative institutions and brought new challenges (Clark 1995).…”

Section: Ngo Support Organizationsmentioning

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Stuck in the Middle: Maintaining the Organizational Legitimacy of the Regional Environmental Center

O’Brien

2010

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Maintenance of legitimacy is central to the survival of any organization and is of particular importance to non-governmental organizations (NGO) reliant on external sources of income. Interaction with the external environment plays an important role in determining organizational legitimacy, shaping actions and determining opportunities. The ability of an organization to effectively respond to and influence the external environment can potentially strengthen its legitimacy. This paper considers the issue of organizational legitimacy by using resource dependence and institutional theories to analyze the development of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC). The findings indicate that it is possible for an organization to maintain legitimacy through adaptation, responding to the rise and fall of external opportunities and challenges. As predicted by institutional theory, it also argues that external environmental factors place increasing pressure for conformity over time, limiting scope to manoeuvre over the longer-term.Résumé Le maintien de la légitimité est essentiel pour la survie de toute organisation, et il revêt une importance particulière pour les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) qui dépendent de sources de revenus extérieures. Le rapport avec le monde extérieur joue un rôle déterminant pour établir la légitimité de l'organisation, orienter les actions et identifier des possibilités. La capacité d'une organisation à réagir efficacement et à exercer une influence sur le monde extérieur peut potentiellement renforcer sa légitimité. Cette étude se penche sur la question de la légitimité d'une organisation par la théorie de la dépendance des ressources et les théories institutionnelles afin d'analyser le développement du centre environnemental régional pour l'Europe centrale et l'Europe de l'Est (REC). Les conclusions indiquent qu'il est possible pour une organisation de conserver sa légitimité en s'adaptant et en prenant des mesures au gré des possibilités et des défis extérieurs. Comme la théorie institutionnelle le laisse prévoir, elle affirme, en outre, que les facteurs environnementaux extérieurs exercent une pression de la conformité croissante au fil du temps, limitant la marge de manoeuvre sur le long terme.Zusammenfassung Die Wahrung der Legitimität ist für den Fortbestand einer jeden Organisation wichtig und nimmt insbesondere für nicht-staatliche Organisationen, die von externen Einnahmequellen abhängen, einen zentralen Stellenwert ein. Die Wechselbeziehung zum externen Umfeld spielt bei der Bestimmung der organisatorischen Legitimität, der Planung von Aktivitäten und der Erkennung von Gelegenheiten eine wichtige Rolle. Die Fähigkeit einer Organisation, effektiv auf das externe Umfeld zu reagieren und dieses zu beeinflussen, kann ihre Legitimität stabilisieren. Dieser Beitrag behandelt das Problem der organisatorischen Legitimität und greift auf die Ressourcenabhängigkeits-und Institutionentheorien zurück, um die Entwicklung des Regionalen Umweltzentrums für Mitt...

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Mastering national contextual challenges: the institutionalisation of LPO and Greenpeace France compared

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Contested rural activities: Class, politics and shooting in the French countryside

Contested rural activities: Class, politics and shooting in the French countryside

Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity

Stuck in the Middle: Maintaining the Organizational Legitimacy of the Regional Environmental Center

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