Evaluating Transnational NGOs

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Transnational NGOs and Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation

   1. Introduction: Transnational NGOs and Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation

      • Jens Steffek, Kristina Hahn

      Pages 1-25

3. NGO Legitimacy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. The Debate on NGOs’ Legitimacy: What Can We Learn from the Classics?

      • Lutz Schrader, Tobias Denskus

      Pages 29-54

   3. Legitimating INGO Advocacy: The Case of Internal Democracies

      • Darren Halpin, Peter McLaverty

      Pages 55-73

   4. The Link between Standard-Setting NGO’s Legitimacy and Effectiveness: An Exploration of Social Mechanisms

      • Marianne Beisheim, Klaus Dingwerth

      Pages 74-99

   5. Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Transnational CSOs: Five Criteria

      • Jens Steffek, Ralf Bendrath, Simon Dalferth, Kristina Hahn, Martina Piewitt, Meike Rodekamp

      Pages 100-125

4. NGO Accountability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. These Pages Have Been Regulated for You: Issues Arising from the Governance of Markets by NGOs

      • Jem Bendell, Phyllida Jay, Mark Bendell

      Pages 129-156

   3. Accountability 2.0 — In Search for a New Approach to International Non-Governmental Organisations’ Accountability

      • Marek Havrda, Petr Kutílek

      Pages 157-178

5. Representation through NGOs?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Representing the People? NGOs in International Negotiations

      • Tanja Brühl

      Pages 181-199

   3. Regulating NGO Participation in the EU; a De-Facto Accreditation System Built on ‘Representativeness’?

      • Justin Greenwood

      Pages 200-219

   4. NGOs’ Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies

      • Kristina Hahn

      Pages 220-241

6. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Evaluating NGOs: A Practitioner’s Perspective

      • Regula Heggli

      Pages 245-256

   3. Evaluating NGOs: Prospects for Academic Analysis

      • Jens Steffek, Kristina Hahn

      Pages 257-263

7. Back Matter

   Pages 265-271

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Critics question the representativeness of NGOs, the democratic quality of their internal procedures, and their accountability to the wider public. This volume, written jointly by academics and practitioners, clarifies the issues at stake and controversially discusses proposals for reform.

• Governance
• International Negotiation
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• participation

• Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

  Jens Steffek

• Research Centre ‘Transformations of the State’, University of Bremen, Germany

  Kristina Hahn

JENS STEFFEK is Lecturer in Political Science at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. He has published widely on international organizations, global governance and transnational civil society.

KRISTINA HAHN is Research Associate at the Collaborative Research Centre 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany.

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