EFFECTS OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL FORCES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: AN EXAMPLE OF MARINE CONSERVATION IN GREEN ISLAND, TAIWAN
EFFECTS OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL FORCES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: AN EXAMPLE OF MARINE CONSERVATION IN GREEN ISLAND, TAIWAN

Summary/Abstract: Social forces are the constantly changing process with social changes. Due to the special social development history in Taiwan, the social forces induced by past social movements present the transformation tendency towards communities so that the social forces in the reconstruction of communities present the characteristics of social movements. Based on the marine conservation process in Green Island, social forces are divided into the stage of pain and threat (2004- 2007), the stage of transformation (2008-2011), and the stage of participation (after 2012). Each stage stands for the effects of the transformation of social forces on the marine conservation in Green Island and presents professionalization and systemization. Under the demands for professionalization and systemization, the intervention of nonprofit organizations is essential for the reconstruction of communities. The idea of local intermediary organization is therefore introduced in this study to explain the feasibilities of the system in permanently counseling a community developing the social forces.

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