COMMUNICATION ET ASSOCIATIONS : LE CAS DES ORGANISATIONS ALTERMONDIALISTES BELGES.

This article presents a research about alter-globalization organizations. It describes the path that led us to the constitution of a theoretical research framework: the communicational approach of social movement organizations. Organizational sociology, social movements sociology and associations sociology provide us with in-depth knowledge of social movement organizations. Communication theories complement these approaches in order to define organizational communication. This theoretical framework calls for specific analysis methods: observations, interviews and content analysis. This article proposes some interpretations about de alter-globalization movement in Belgium and about three particular organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]