NGO Accountability

Politics, Principles and Innovations
Herausgeber: Jordan, Lisa; Tuijl, Peter van

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or attempts to 'roll-back' NGOs to a more one-dimensional function as organizers of national and global charity. Input and case studies are provided from NGOs such as ActionAid, and from every part of the globe including China, Indonesia and Uganda. In the spirit of moving towards greater accountability the book looks in detail at innovations that have developed from within NGOs and offers new approaches and flexible frameworks that enable accountability to become a reality for all parties worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781844073672
• ISBN-10: 184407367X
• Artikelnr.: 22469774

Autorenporträt

Lisa Jordan is Deputy Director of the Governance and Civil Society Unit of the Ford Foundation, USA. Peter van Tuijl has over twenty years of experience working on NGO capacity building, governance and accountability issues. He has been employed by Novib (now Oxfam Netherlands) and UNDP. He is based in Jakarta, Indonesia, and currently works as a Senior Technical Advisor on a project to combat corruption in the Indonesian National Police, supported by the U.S. Department of Justice

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - KEY QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL DEBATE * Rights
and Responsibilities in the Political Landscape of NGO Accountability:
Introduction and Overview * Accountability of Non-Governmental
Organizations in Global Governance * Civil Society, Representation and
Accountability: Restating Current Debates on the Representativeness and
accountability of Civic Associations * Part II - TRADITIONAL APPROACHES:
LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY, CERTIFICATION AND DONOR REGIMES * The Limits and
Risks of Regulation: The Case of the World Bank-supported * Issues in
Legislation for NGOs in Uganda * NGO Accountability and the Philippine
Council for NGO Certification: Evolving Roles and Issues * The Donor
Accountability Agenda * Part III - THE BENEFITS OF EMBRACING ACCOUNTABILITY
* NGO Governance in China: Achievements and Dilemmas * NGO Governance and
Accountability in Indonesia: Challenges in a Newly Democratizing Country *
Part IV - INNOVATIONS: EXPANDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FRONTIER * Chameleons
and Accountability: Linking Learning with Increasing Accountability in
ActionAid International Uganda and the Ugandan Land Alliance * NGO
Accountability and the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership: Towards a
Transformative Agenda * Addressing Accountability at the Global Level: The
Challenges Facing International NGOs * On Trying to Do Good Well:
Practicing Participatory Democracy through International Advocacy Campaigns
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