Chapter 2
In the Books: Theoretical Outlines
2.1 Introduction
Chapter two focuses on two sociological theories which can be
used to analyze and interpret social movements and their activities.
These theories can help us to understand the behavior and attitude
of environmental NGOs and activists, since environmental organizations
are considered a substantial part of a social movement. The theoretical
framework for this research on East-East cooperation of environmental
NGOs in CEE is a mixture of the resource mobilization approach
and the political process model. These two theories in combination
with the more practical study of Rucht on cross-national cooperation
give a useful tool in analyzing and interpreting East-East cooperation
among environmental NGOs. In the paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3 the resource
mobilization approach and the political process model are briefly
described respectively. Both theories are of course relevant on
more themes than the interactions within the environmental movement,
which is the focus of this research. This means that only the
relevant parts of both theories for this study are given. In
2.4 we come to the research hypotheses, which are based on both
theories and Rucht's nine potential reasons for cross-national
cooperation. These reasons and the five situations in which East-East
cooperation among environmental NGOs in CEE might be relevant
are already stated in 1.3. Finally we come to the definition
of East-East cooperation as used in this research in 2.5.
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