Environmental advocacy

Insights from East Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID6233665
AuthorsMary Alice Haddad (0000-0003-1504-2142, Wesleyan University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume25
Issue3
Pages401-419
Publication date2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185377.2017.1352526
OpenAlexW2738141813
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited61

Environmental advocacy in East Asia takes place in a context where there are few well-funded professional advocacy organizations, no viable green parties, and governments that are highly pro-business. In this advocacy-hostile environment, what strategies are environmental organizations using to promote better environmental outcomes? Using an original database of environmental organizations and interviews with activists and officials throughout the region, this paper investigates which strategies are most common, and compares them to the advocacy strategies found in the United States. It finds, perhaps surprisingly, that (a) environmental organizations across East Asia employ similar advocacy strategies, even though they are operating in very different political conditions, and (b) the strategies most favoured in East Asia are also the strategies most often utilized in the United States. It then argues that new theories of advocacy should be developed to pay closer attention to certain actors (academics and artists), and particular processes (organizational networking, government collaboration, and culture-making), that appear to play important roles in advocacy in countries around the world, irrespective of political context

China · Context (archaeology · East Asia · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · International Development and Aid · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration