This article explores what drives tactical choices among NGOs tackling climate change. It employs network autocorrelation models, analyzing how embeddedness within transnational advocacy networks influences behavior. Findings reveal that NGOs are significantly more likely to adopt protest tactics when their directly connected peers have already begun using them. However, the influence of equivalent organizations—those with similar roles in the network—appears minimal.
Qualitative evidence further demonstrates that relational pressure from peer organizations shapes NGO decision-making by altering perceived costs and benefits. Importantly, this study shows how network structure can produce patterned behavior across a field of actors.
This research enhances understanding of network influence on collective action strategies in global politics.
| The Power of Peers: How Transnational Advocacy Networks Shape NGO Strategies on Climate Change was authored by Jennifer Hadden and Lorien Jasny. It was published by Cambridge in BJPS in 2019. |
