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Zwischen Konfrontation und Kooperation – Das Verhältnis zwischen NGOs und Privatwirtschaft

Between Conflict and Cooperation: Relations between NGOs and Private-sector Organizations

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Der Artikel setzt sich mit der Literatur zu kooperativen und konfrontativen Beziehungen zwischen NGOs und Privatwirtschaft auseinander, die sich seit den 1990er Jahren immer stärker verdichtet haben. Die Forschung untersucht zum einen den Einfluss zivilgesellschaftlicher Aktivitäten auf Unternehmen und deren Strategiewahl. Andererseits werden die Interaktionen von NGOs und Privatwirtschaft insbesondere in der Forschung zu neuen Governance-Formen thematisiert. Weitgehend ausgeblendet bleiben allerdings bislang Fragen nach den Auswirkungen dieser Interaktion auf das Regieren jenseits des Staates.

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The article relays the literature on cooperative as well as confrontational relations between NGOs and business actors that have been intensifying since the 1990s. On the one hand, this research is devoted to analyzing the influence of civil society activities on corporations and their strategic choices. On the other hand, genuine interactions between NGOs and business are a central theme in research on new forms of governance. One issue that only receives limited attention so far concerns the impact of these interactions on governance beyond the state.

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Notes

  1. Deutsche Umwelthilfe: http://www.duh.de/54.html (letzter Zugang: 24.06.2015)

  2. Terre des Hommes: http://www.tdh.de/spenden-und-stiften/unternehmen/kooperationen.html (letzter Zugang: 24.06.2015)

  3. Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Six-Greenpeace-climbers-scale-Shells-Arctic-bound-oil-rig/ (letzter Zugang: 25.06.2015)

  4. Greenpeace: https://www.greenpeace.de/kampagnen/detox (letzter Zugang: 25.06.2015)

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Coni-Zimmer, M., Flohr, A. Zwischen Konfrontation und Kooperation – Das Verhältnis zwischen NGOs und Privatwirtschaft. Z Außen Sicherheitspolit 8 (Suppl 2), 567–588 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12399-015-0523-3

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