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- Book Title
- Help or Harm : The Human Security Effects of International NGOs A
- ISBN
- 9780804791977
- Subject Area
- Political Science
- Publication Name
- Help or Harm : the Human Security Effects of International Ngos
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Human Rights
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
080479197X
ISBN-13
9780804791977
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038702445
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Help or Harm : the Human Security Effects of International Ngos
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Human Rights
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-010111
Reviews
"Murdie aims to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the work of international non-governmental organizations, examining their activities in more than 100 countries and identifying those factors which appear to determine their success in bolstering human security. "-- Survival, "Journals such as Human Rights Quarterly are dominated by either detailed qualitative studies abuses in a single state or combination of countries, of or legalistic analyses of major treaties, conventions, and agreements. Help or Harm departs from these orthodox patters. Its tables, graphs, and charts complement the great majority of existing qualitative human rights publications . . . Murdie reaches out to readers with different interest. She provides 'reality checks' about the INGOs, based on case studies and anecdotal research. In short, quantitative and qualitative scholars alike will find much of value in Help or Harm . . . Murdie has contributed a fundamentally important book, greater than the sum of her first-rate previously-published articles"--Claude Welch, Human Rights Quarterly, "Scholarship on International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) has historically lagged behind their growing importance in global affairs. Murdie's work is at the forefront of this emerging research focus, bringing theoretically informed and empirically rigorous analysis to bear on several aspects of human security. No book is better on the subject and none is likely to be for many years to come."--Paul F. Diehl, Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Amanda Murdie is one of the new academic stars studying human rights and civil society. In Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs , as in much of her work, she has taken some of the most enduring debates in the field, formulated testable hypotheses, located or created relevant data sources to test the hypotheses and provided persuasive and nuanced answers to those debates."--Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Amanda Murdie strips away the rose-colored glasses through which international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are often viewed. Recognizing that they differ greatly in motivation, she finds compelling evidence that where INGOs share values with local populations, can credibly signal their 'principled' nature, and local conditions are propitious, they can have a positive effect on human welfare."--David A. Lake, Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, "Amanda Murdie is one of the new academic stars studying human rights and civil society. In Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs , as in much of her work, she has taken some of the most enduring debates in the field, formulated testable hypotheses, located or created relevant data sources to test the hypotheses and provided persuasive and nuanced answers to those debates."--Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, "Amanda Murdie strips away the rose-colored glasses through which international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are often viewed. Recognizing that they differ greatly in motivation, she finds compelling evidence that where INGOs share values with local populations, can credibly signal their 'principled' nature, and local conditions are propitious, they can have a positive effect on human welfare."--David A. Lake, Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, "Amanda Murdie is one of the new academic stars studying human rights and civil society. In Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs , as in much of her work, she has taken some of the most enduring debates in the field, formulated testable hypotheses, located or created relevant data sources to test the hypotheses and provided persuasive and nuanced answers to those debates."--Kathryn Sikkink, Ryan Family Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Amanda Murdie strips away the rose-colored glasses through which international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) are often viewed. Recognizing that they differ greatly in motivation, she finds compelling evidence that where INGOs share values with local populations, can credibly signal their 'principled' nature, and local conditions are propitious, they can have a positive effect on human welfare."--David A. Lake, Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, "Scholarship on International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) has historically lagged behind their growing importance in global affairs. Murdie's work is at the forefront of this emerging research focus, bringing theoretically informed and empirically rigorous analysis to bear on several aspects of human security. No book is better on the subject and none is likely to be for many years to come."--Paul F. Diehl, Henning Larsen Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Building upon constructivist international relations theory as articulated in Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink's seminal work on NGOs, Activists Beyond Borders , Murdie skillfully questions what makes these actors successful in improving human security . . . International relations scholars and practitioners will find Murdie's work engaging . . . Recommended."--M. M. Gunter Jr., CHOICE, "[T]he book is a remarkable achievement. It arranges three movements in a prodigious whole: a compelling account of questions of INGO fairness and accountability, ingenious use of available large-scale data on INGOs and countries, and a sophisticated theory of INGO 'signaling' to linkthe questions and the data. It will be essential for scholars, students, policymakers, and INGO professionals."--William E. Demars, Political Science Quarterly
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
361.7/7
Synopsis
When do international non-governmental organizations like Oxfam or Human Rights Watch actually work? Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs answers this question by offering the first comprehensive framework for understanding the effects of the international non-governmental organizations working in the area of human security. Unlike much of the previous literature on INGOs within international relations, its theoretical focus includes both advocacy INGOs--such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace, whose predominant mission is getting a targeted actor to adopt a policy or behavior in line with the position of the INGO--and service INGOs--such as CARE or Oxfam, which focus mainly on goods provision.The book rigorously and logically assesses how INGOs with heterogeneous underlying motivations interact with those other actors that are critical for advocacy and service provision. This theoretical framework is tested quantitatively on a sample of over 100 countries that have exhibited imperfect human security situations since the end of the Cold War. These case-study vignettes serve as "reality checks" to the game-theoretic logic and empirical findings of the book. Amanda Murdie finds that INGOs can have powerful effects on human rights and development outcomes--although the effect of these organizations is not monolithic: differences in organizational characteristics (which reflect underlying motivations, issue-focus, and state peculiarities) condition when and where this vibrant and growing force of INGOs will be effective contributors to human security outcomes., When do international non-governmental organizations like Oxfam or Human Rights Watch actually work? Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs answers this question by offering the first comprehensive framework for understanding the effects of the international non-governmental organizations working in the area of human security. Unlike much of the previous literature on INGOs within international relations, its theoretical focus includes both advocacy INGOs--such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace, whose predominant mission is getting a targeted actor to adopt a policy or behavior in line with the position of the INGO--and service INGOs--such as CARE or Oxfam, which focus mainly on goods provision. The book rigorously and logically assesses how INGOs with heterogeneous underlying motivations interact with those other actors that are critical for advocacy and service provision. This theoretical framework is tested quantitatively on a sample of over 100 countries that have exhibited imperfect human security situations since the end of the Cold War. These case-study vignettes serve as "reality checks" to the game-theoretic logic and empirical findings of the book. Amanda Murdie finds that INGOs can have powerful effects on human rights and development outcomes--although the effect of these organizations is not monolithic: differences in organizational characteristics (which reflect underlying motivations, issue-focus, and state peculiarities) condition when and where this vibrant and growing force of INGOs will be effective contributors to human security outcomes.
LC Classification Number
JZ4841+
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