11.363 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Civil Society and the Environment

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WEEK # TOPICS KEY DATES
I. Understanding Civil Society
1 Introduction

2 Civil Society, Social Movements, and NGOs

3 Accountability and Legitimacy of NGOs Case study selection due
II. Environmental Actors in International and Domestic Arenas
4 Transnational Environmental Actors and Activism

5 Transnational Networks and Diffusion

6 Resources and NGO Capacity, Agendas, and Activism

7 Determinants of Strategies and Tactics Summary of paper topic due
III. Tactics, Targets, and Impacts of Environmental NGOs
8 International Arenas of Environmental Activism

9 State-NGO Relations

10 Corporate Opponents and Partners

11 Local Environmental Action Term paper due
IV. Conclusion
12 Conclusion and Wrap-up

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