Mara Feinberg

Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Alcock, Frank

Keywords

Greenpeace, Environmental NGO's, Policy

Area of Concentration

Environmental Studies

Abstract

The history of Greenpeace creates an iconic image of the organization in the environmental movement. However, that image dates back to the late 1970s and it remains to be seen whether over the last forty years Greenpeace is still impacting change on the environment. It is difficult to define how environmental non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace are effective in politics. The main goal of this thesis is to understand how Greenpeace has evolved in global environmental politics, addressing how Greenpeace operates in different environmental issue areas over time. This thesis examines the following: literature on NGO existence in environmental politics; a historical narrative of Greenpeace over the last forty years; personal interviews investigating the organizations self-perceptions; and indicators of success such as Greenpeace's finances, public opinion of environmental perceptions, and Greenpeace's assessment of its environmental victories. It is possible that Greenpeace has not evolved since its inception forty years ago. However, my findings show that Greenpeace stays true to its core values but with little variability in its strategies and tactics but is still accomplishing micro-level environmental victories as an ENGO in politics.

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