 Environmental NGOs, Civil Society and Democratization in Eastern EuropeCaedmon Staddon Chapter 10 in Towards an Environment Research Agenda, 2003, pp 175-196 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract In this paper the author submits some common understandings aboutenvironmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Eastern Europe to theoretical and empirical scrutiny and finds them wanting. The view that the growth of the environmental NGO sector in Eastern Europe is positively correlated with the development of ‘civil society’ and democratization has been constituted through the hegemonic representations of the West’s own myth of becoming. It is thus doubly inappropriate, for it both distorts our understanding of post-communist realities and deludes us about ourselves. Through the presentation of some detailed case study material from ongoing Bulgarian field research between 1992 and 1997 he exposes some of these distortions and argues that environmental NGOs are more complex and therefore more worthy of study than the mainstream literature gives them credit for. In conclusion, he suggests a number of avenues for the development of interdisciplinary research in the role(s) of environmental NGOs in post-communist transition. Keywords: Civil Society; Nonprofit Sector; Lead Dioxide; Environmental Impact Assessment Process; Regional Research Institute (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-53681-4_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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