International Environmental NGOs Lobbying in Brussels: How network and Information Resources Shape Collective Action

This paper addresses the dynamics of green activism towards the European Union. It compares four environmental international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) each being represented in Brussels by an office of permanent employees. This latter structure is a starting point to analyze both the factors of European collective action within such international networks & the changes they are bound to face. The modes of internal organization reflect two major challenges at adaptation: how to involve national environmental groups in the European network & how to arouse information exchanges. First viewed as a mean to facilitate the cooperation, the resources provided by network & information may motivates national organizations into deeper individual commitment in Brussels. This trend confirms the strategic forces at stake in resorting to EU lobbying. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.