summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--chapter1.md4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter1.md b/chapter1.md
index 67ce224..7690359 100644
--- a/chapter1.md
+++ b/chapter1.md
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ human 'we,' but to the Western middle classes. This makes sense, since the
green movement has historically been heavily dominated by large non-governmental
organisations such as the RSPB, National Audubon Society, Friends of the Earth,
Greenpeace, and WWF, to name but a few. Typically, such NGOs don't depend on
-grassroots mass mobilisation, and indeed, often struggle to mobilise their
-members on the rare occasions they try to do so. Their business model is one of
+grassroots mass mobilisation, and indeed, struggle to mobilise their
+members when they try. Their business model is one of
raising funds from mass membership, even in more activist organisations like
Greenpeace, which largely function as 'protest businesses' [@rootes-2012, pp.
47-53]. Thus, these NGOs are dominated by the Western middle classes who provide