ABSTRACT
In this chapter we provide a descriptive analysis of the available data that can be used to explore participation and membership in environmental organizations, giving readers a good idea of the sort of data we are going to work with in the empirical section. The last section of the chapter explores some simple correlations and comprises the foundation of the macro chapter. We think it best to warn readers: you will be confronted with a large set of tables due to the explorative nature of the chapter. However, it is possible to for a reader with limited time (and patience) to selectively focus on the tables of interest without losing the central theme of this chapter. This is particularly the case for the first part of the chapter. Now, we are aware that some readers may perceive this chapter as relatively “dry material,” and we cannot disagree with such an estimation. Nevertheless, we believe that this chapter is quite valuable and informative. Readers with an interest in the relationships behind the regression equations presented in future chapters will be interested in the descriptive statistics, and readers with less technical knowledge will gain a good overview of what can be expected in the following chapters.
