Evaluating Transnational NGOs: Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation

Introduction: Transnational NGOs and Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation; J.Steffek & K.Hahn PART I: NGO LEGITIMACY The Debate on NGOs' Legitimacy: What Can we Learn from the Classics?; L.Schrader & T.Denskus Legitimating INGO Advocacy: The Case of Internal Democracies; D.Halpin& P.Mc Laverty The Link between Standard-Setting NGOs' Legitimacy and Effectiveness: An Exploration of Social Mechanisms; M.Beisheim & K.Dingwerth Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational NGOs: Five Criteria; J.Steffek, R.Bendrath, S.Dalferth, K.Hahn, M.Piewitt & M.Rodekamp PART II: NGO ACCOUNTABILITY These Pages have been Regulated for You: Issues Arising from the Governance of Markets by NGOs; J.Bendell, P.Jay & M.Bendell Accountability 2.0: In Search for a New Approach to International Non-Governmental Organizations' Accountability; M.Havrda & P.Kutilek PART III: REPRESENTATION THROUGH NGOS? Representing the People? NGOs in International Negotiations; T.Br?hl Regulating NGO Participation in the EU; A De-Facto Accreditation System Built on 'Representativeness'?'; J.Greenwood NGOs' Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies; K.Hahn PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Evaluating NGOs: A Practitioner's Perspective; R.Heggli Evaluating NGOs: Prospects for Academic Analysis; J.Steffek & K.Hahn

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349310220
• ISBN13: 9781349310227
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 271 Pages
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