Evaluating Transnational NGOs: Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Transnational NGOs and Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation....Pages 1-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
The Debate on NGOs’ Legitimacy: What Can We Learn from the Classics?....Pages 29-54
Legitimating INGO Advocacy: The Case of Internal Democracies....Pages 55-73
The Link between Standard-Setting NGO’s Legitimacy and Effectiveness: An Exploration of Social Mechanisms....Pages 74-99
Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational CSOs: Five Criteria....Pages 100-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
These Pages Have Been Regulated for You: Issues Arising from the Governance of Markets by NGOs....Pages 129-156
Accountability 2.0 — In Search for a New Approach to International Non-Governmental Organisations’ Accountability....Pages 157-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Representing the People? NGOs in International Negotiations....Pages 181-199
Regulating NGO Participation in the EU; a De-Facto Accreditation System Built on ‘Representativeness’?....Pages 200-219
NGOs’ Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies....Pages 220-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Evaluating NGOs: A Practitioner’s Perspective....Pages 245-256
Evaluating NGOs: Prospects for Academic Analysis....Pages 257-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-271