Evaluating transnational NGOs : legitimacy, accountability, representation /

Evaluating transnational NGOs : legitimacy, accountability, representation /

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Imprint:Baskinstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:xiv, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Non-governmental organizations.
International agencies.
International agencies.
Non-governmental organizations.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8057709
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Other authors / contributors:Steffek, Jens.
Hahn, Kristina, 1975-
ISBN:9780230228719 (hardback)
0230228712 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book provides the reader with a broad overview of the current debate on the evaluation of transnational NGOs, combining the academic with the practitioners perspectives. The contributions to this edited volume deal with the key concepts of legitimacy, accountability and representation, covering a variety of issue areas and NGOs"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Transnational NGOs and Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation
  • Part I. NGO Legitimacy
  • 2. The Debate on NGOs' Legitimacy: What Can We Learn from the Classics?
  • 3. Legitimating INGO Advocacy: The Case of Internal Democracies
  • 4. The Link between Standard-Setting NGOs' Legitimacy and Effectiveness: An Exploration of Social Mechanisms
  • 5. Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational CSOs: Five Criteria
  • Part II. NGO Accountability
  • 6. These Pages Have Been Regulated for You: Issues Arising from the Governance of Markets by NGOs
  • 7. Accountability 2.0 - In Search for a New Approach to International Non-Governmental Organisations' Accountability
  • Part III. Representation through NGOs?
  • 8. Representing the People? NGOs in International Negotiations
  • 9. Regulating NGO Participation in the EU; a De-Facto Accreditation System Built on 'Representativeness'?
  • 10. NGOs' Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies
  • Part IV. Conclusions
  • 11. Evaluating NGOs: A Practitioner's Perspective
  • 12. Evaluating NGOs: Prospects for Academic Analysis
  • Index

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