Research Catalog

Title

NGOs and the United Nations : institutionalization, professionalization, and adaptation / Kerstin Martens.

Author

Martens, Kerstin.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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Description

xv, 199 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Non-Governmental Organizations have become an integral part of the United Nations. As a result of their growing recognition as influential actors in global affairs, the UN sought to strengthen its relationship with NGOs and created diverse ways of bringing them into its system. This book explores how NGOs responded to this increase in opportunities for participation with the UN. The case studies include some of the most renowned players on the international scene, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International League for Human Rights, CARE International, the International Save the Children Alliance, and Oxfam International. This study reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. It presents their adjusted patterns of interaction with the UN and explores how differences between NGOs can be explained. It looks at their representation to the UN, consultative status and characteristic features of NGOs.

Alternative Title

Non-governmental organizations and the United Nations

Subject

• United Nations
• Conference on Disarmament
• Non-governmental organizations
• International institutions
• Non-governmental organizations
• POLITICAL SCIENCE > Social Services & Welfare
• Politics and Government
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services
• Organizations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-194) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

NGOs, international relations and the UN system : introductory observations -- NGO institutionalization into the UN system : theoretical framework -- Activities in the UN context : changing patterns of interaction -- Representation and representatives to the UN : institutionalization as an internal factor -- Accreditation to the UN through rules and regulations : institutionalization as an external demand -- NGOs in the UN system and beyond : final remarks.

ISBN

1403992843 (cloth)

LCCN

• ^^2005049201
• 9781403992840 (hardback)

OCLC

60514901

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library