@article {article1412,
    title       = {The purposes and competencies of NGOs},
    author      = {Arun Maira},
    journal     = {Foundation of The Billion Press},
    date     = 2019-07-12,
    year     = 2019,
    url     = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/society/purposes-and-competencies-ngos-1412,
	Abstract 			= {Objections to Greenpeace’s strategies by Extinction Rebellion (XR), the environmental movement whose supporters occupied Greenpeace’s offices last year, as well as its own successes, highlight contrasts between the strategies of organisations and citizens’ movements. Loose citizens’ movements are often more effective as advocates for change.}
  }