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Environmental Politics, 2016
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Social Movement Studies, 2018
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Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change, 2021
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Environmental Politics, 2017
Why has the United States not adopted global warming policies? Because the inner circle of the co... more Why has the United States not adopted global warming policies? Because the inner circle of the corporate elite has opposed these policies despite some corporate support for cap-and-trade and other policies. Pro- and anti-positions taken by think tanks that have led the policy debate in the post-Kyoto period are analyzed in order to demonstrate this. The corporate and upper class social ties of the directors of these pro- and anti-think tanks are examined, revealing a corporate elite split between the inner circle opposing these policies, and a ‘public interest sector’ of corporate law and media corporations along with top executives from higher education and other nonprofits that is supportive of policies addressing global warming. To enable adoption of major global warming policies, the corporate inner circle will need to become supportive and forge a class-wide corporate consensus on the need to address global warming.
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SOCIAL MOVEMENT STUDIES, 2018
Utilizing scholarship on legitimation, tactical innovation, and blun- ders, this paper examines t... more Utilizing scholarship on legitimation, tactical innovation, and blun- ders, this paper examines the dynamics by which Greenpeace tried to gain legitimacy and delegitimize Shell in the conflict over Arctic drilling. Content analysis of news media mentions found that the vast majority of Greenpeace frames centered on the ethical con- cerns surrounding Arctic drilling, mainly potential consequences such as oil spills and climate change. In contrast, Shell’s efforts to delegitimize Greenpeace were limited and more evenly distributed between scientific claims about the safety of drilling in the Arctic, economic opportunities such as jobs created, and ethical claims about Greenpeace threatening the safety of Shell crews. The tacti- cally innovative use of celebrity endorsements by Greenpeace was particularly influential for mobilizing and gaining news attention when combined with occupations. Viral videos gained little news media attention, yet helped mobilize Greenpeace support when they featured a celebrity. In response, Shell tactics overwhelmingly involved litigation against Greenpeace which had some success in neutralizing the occupation tactic. Blunders by Shell amplified resonance of Greenpeace delegitimation frames, ultimately con- tributing to Shell ceasing their Arctic drilling operations in 2013.
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Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change
The past decades have witnessed a rapid transformation in the relationship between businesses and... more The past decades have witnessed a rapid transformation in the relationship between businesses and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from antagonists to collaborators as a strategy to foster social change. The pressing need for public and private sectors to work together is often codified in corporate efforts to implement their social responsibility (CSR) programs; though these partnerships have consequences around practicability, accountability, reputation, identity alignment, and operations, among others. In this chapter, we review communication, public relations, and management scholarship on collaborative communicative relationships between NGOs and business around social change agendas. With particular attention given to the role of communication in these efforts, we illuminate the main strands of research that help explain factors that facilitate or constrain NGO-business collaborations. To illustrate, we also draw on cases of NGO-business partnership on CSR in western and non-western contexts, spotlighting the particular challenges in addressing oil spills in Nigeria.
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