We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
The Old and the Young: Configurational Niches Amongst Dutch Climate Civil Society Organisations.
- Authors
Colli, Francesca
- Abstract
Media reporting and academic research into young climate civil society organisations (CSOs) often focus on organisations using direct, confrontational and often controversial actions, but to what extent is this a true picture of young climate organisations? This paper examines the differences between young and old climate and environmental CSOs in the Netherlands. Drawing on niche theory, it uses set-theoretic typology building to examine the ways in which 39 young and old Dutch CSOs construct configurational organisational niches by narrowing down their membership and issue, using innovative strategies and developing stable financing sources. It finds that although there are significant differences between young and old CSOs in how they narrow down their membership and issues, their strategies are not significantly different: in other words, a focus on civil disobedience alone does not paint the whole picture of young climate groups.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; CIVIL society; CIVIL disobedience; CLIMATE research; UNIVERSITY research
- Publication
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 2, p303
- ISSN
0957-8765
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11266-023-00594-8