Sustaining Labor-Environmental Coalitions
Banana Allies in Costa Rica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2990845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry J Frundt (Ramapo College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Pages | 99-129 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2010.00091.x |
| OpenAlex | W2050817699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 31 |
What is required for sustaining an alliance between union and environmental activists? Applying grounded theory to a case study in the Costa Rican banana sector, this article reveals five historical phases. First, unions and environmentalists identify common opportunity structures for joint action. Second, a preexisting network becomes a resource for mobilization. Third, the new coalition engages in communicative action that leads to shared identity and cultural framing and a foundation for handling exogenous global forces. Market policy changes in the fourth phase stimulate a transnational activist network and framing linkages. Dramatic supply disruptions in the fifth precipitate autonomous organizational approaches that require reframing, identity extension, and flexibility. This study argues that the Costa Rican case can be generalized to other labor-environmental coalitions if such alliances create simple, open structures that agilely adapt to external opportunity structures and expand frames that encourage collaborative autonomy and dualistic collective definitions
Alliance · Autonomy · Cognitive reframing · Collective action · Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Development and Aid · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Psychology
Transnational Activist Networks
Indigenous Resurgence
Foul Weather Friends
One hundred years of authoritarian practices
Contingent Coalitions in Environmental Policymaking
Sustaining Labor-Environmental Coalitions
Contradictions of Solidarity
Fair Trade in an unfair market
Spontaneity, Coalition Structure, and Strategic Choice
Self, Identity, and Social Movements (Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, V. 13)
Survival in the doldrums
Frontiers in social movement theory
The social movement society
The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979-1996
Making of the English Working Class
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Transnational Protest and Global Activism
New Social Movements
Introduction
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards
Identity and Struggle at the Margins of the Nation-State
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Banana Wars
Pesticides, Parakeets, and Unions in the Costa Rican Banana Industry, 1938–1962
Understanding Central America
Open Veins of Latin America
Agribusiness in the Americas
Organizational Mortality in a Declining Social Movement
Sustaining Labor-Environmental Coalitions
Crossing Movement Boundaries
Stability and Innovation in the Women's Movement
Mesomobilization
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |