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The NGO challenge for international relations theory / edited by William E. DeMars and Dennis Dijkzeul.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Global institutions series ; 92.
- Global institutions series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Non-governmental organizations.
- International relations--Philosophy.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 325 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
- Summary:
- "It has become commonplace to observe the growing pervasiveness and impact of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). And yet the three central approaches in International Relations (IR) theory, Liberalism, Realism and Constructivism, overlook or ignore the importance of NGOs, both theoretically and politically.Offering a timely reappraisal of NGOs, and a parallel reappraisal of theory in IR--the academic discipline entrusted with revealing and explaining world politics, this book uses practice theory, global governance, and new institutionalism to theorize NGO accountability and analyze the history of NGOs. This study uses evidence from empirical data from Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia and from studies that range across the issue-areas of peacebuilding, ethnic reconciliation, and labor rights to show IR theory has often prejudged and misread the agency of NGOs. Drawing together a group of leading international relations theorists, this book explores the frontiers of new research on the role of such forces in world politics and is required reading for students, NGO activists, and policy-makers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : NGOing / William E. DeMars and Dennis Dijkzeul
- How to study NGOs in practice : a relational primer / Morten Skumsrud Andersen
- Global governance and NGOs : reconceptualizing international relations for the twenty first century / Karen A. Mingst and James P. Muldoon, Jr.
- Network institutionalism : a new synthesis for NGO studies / Anna Ohanyan
- The coevolution of non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations in historical perspective / Bob Reinalda
- Being an NGO in the OECD / Elizabeth A. Bloodgood
- The legitimacy and accountability of international NGOs / Cristina M. Balboa
- The theoretical and practical implications of public/private partnerships for labor rights advocacy / Shareen Hertel
- NGOs in peacebuilding : high expectations, mixed results / Patrice C. McMahon
- Follow the partners : agency and explanation in the color revolutions / William E. DeMars
- Heart of paradox : war, rape and NGOs in the DR Congo / Dennis Dijkzeul
- Conclusion : NGO research and international relations theory / William E. DeMars and Dennis Dijkzeul.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138845299
- 1138845299
- 9781138845305
- 1138845302
- OCLC:
- 887860848
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