Strategies and Transnational Relations: Political Fields and the Anti-Temelín Campaign

This paper contributes to a better understanding of how transnational non-governmental organizations influence domestic politics and policy-making. The paper intends to offer an answer to one important question that haunts researchers in the field of transnational relations: What are the main considerations behind the actions of political actors? The paper claims that the hitherto prevalent approaches fail io provide an exhaustive account of political action. The paper proposes an alternative framework based on the theory oi fields and in turn illustrates it by an empirical case. The selected case is the ongoing conflict over the status and sustainability of the second Czech nuclear-power station Temelín, an issue area that displays involvement of transnationally acting political actors.