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Article Category: Research Article
 | Online Publication Date: 21 Feb 2006
Coalitions and The Development of The Global Environmental Movement: A Double-Edged Sword
Coalitions and The Development of The Global Environmental Movement: A Double-Edged Sword
Page Range: 235 – 250
Censuses reveal an increasing prominence of coalition organizations within transnational social movements. However, the causes and implications of this change are unclear. Using original data on a population of transnational environmental social movement organizations, this research shows that coalition presence is a double-edged sword. While greater numbers of coalitions suggest movement expansion, empirical evidence suggests that this rise makes foundings of new organizations less likely.
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