Externally sponsored contention: The channelling of environmental movement organisations in the Czech Republic after the fall of communism

Environmental Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 736-755

  Císař, Ondřej ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Channelling; Cooptation; Czech Republic; Environmental movement; International assistance; Political activism

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POPULAR PROTEST;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 77956737515     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2010.508305     Document Type: Article

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