Choosing the lesser evil : understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs / Liesbet Heyse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyse, Liesbet, 1973-

Series:

Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series.

Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Médecins sans frontières (Association). Holland.

Médecins sans frontières (Association).

Action by Churches Together (Organization). Netherlands.

Action by Churches Together (Organization).

Humanitarian assistance--Decision making.

Humanitarian assistance.

Humanitarian assistance--Decision making--Case studies.

Non-governmental organizations--Decision making.

Non-governmental organizations.

Non-governmental organizations--Decision making--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do non-governmental humanitarian aid organizations initiate, terminate and extend their project activities? Liesbet Heyse opens up the black box of NGO operations, providing an empirical account of organizational decision making amongst this increasingly important group of actors.

Contents:

Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects

Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior

Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective

Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior

Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features

Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern

Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns

From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa

The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features

Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern

Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns

Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results

A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization

Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid.

Notes:

"First published 2006 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57181-1

1-317-16690-6

1-317-16689-2

1-281-10382-9

9786611103828

0-7546-8386-9

9781315571812

OCLC:

437113598