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Internal Affairs: How the Structure of NGOs Transforms Human Rights

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Description for Internal Affairs: How the Structure of NGOs Transforms Human Rights Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.

Why are some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) more politically salient than others, and why are some NGOs better able to influence the norms of human rights? Internal Affairs shows how the organizational structures of human rights NGOs and their campaigns determine their influence on policy. Drawing on data from seven major international organizations—the International Committee of the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Médecins sans Frontières, Oxfam International, Anti-Slavery International, and the International League of Human Rights—Wendy H. Wong demonstrates that NGOs that choose to centralize agenda-setting and decentralize the implementation of that agenda are more successful in gaining ... Read more

Challenging the conventional wisdom that the most successful NGOs are those that find the "right" cause or have the most resources, Wong shows that how NGOs make and implement decisions is critical to their effectiveness in influencing international norms about human rights. Building on the insights of network theory and organizational sociology, Wong traces how power works within NGOs and affects their external authority. The internal coherence of an organization, as reflected in its public statements and actions, goes a long way to assure its influence over the often tumultuous elements of the international human rights landscape.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
422g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801479793
SKU
V9780801479793
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99-1

About Wendy H. Wong
Wendy H. Wong is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and Director of the Trudeau Center for Peace, Conflict, and Justice at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Reviews for Internal Affairs: How the Structure of NGOs Transforms Human Rights
Offers fascinating and important insights into the impact of intra-organizational dynamics on international politics. It deserves to be read widely by scholars and students interested in NGOs, advocacy networks and organizational theory.
Angela M. Crack
Voluntas
Political scientist Wendy Wong's Internal Affairs offers an important empirical approach that focuses on the organizational structure of internationally oriented NGOs ... Read more

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