Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

There has been an ongoing debate about how (or through what mechanisms) global environmental norms have influenced domestic political debates that give rise to green policy choices. In particular, effective international environmental cooperation between transnational and domestic NGOs has been recognized as a key to successful environmental movements. In this regard, the central question guiding research on the politics of environmental norms is, under what condition(s) transnational cooperation among NGOs would be more likely to be sustained so as to achieve its goals. This article proposes that one of the mechanisms missing from the debate is a bottom-up approach through which transnational cooperation can be forged by the initiation of domestic NGOs. Drawing on social movement literature, it is hypothesized that domestic environmental NGOs with more resources, challenging ideologies, and more contentious modes of protest to dominant paradigms is more likely to nurture, develop, and sustain effective transnational cooperation for environmental norms. The validity of this hypothesis is demonstrated through the examination of wetland recLAMation projects in Japan and Korea.

Keywords

environmental cooperation, environmental movements, civil society, Japan, Korea, wetland reclamation, NGOs

Discipline

Asian Studies | Environmental Policy | International and Area Studies

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Pacific Review

Volume

24

Issue

2

First Page

201

Last Page

223

ISSN

0951-2748

Identifier

10.1080/09512748.2011.560956

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2011.560956

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