International development nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) are a particularly good example of how transnational accountability commitments present challenges to producing credible accounts to diverse and at times competing stakeholder groups. This dissertation examines acco…
A number of cases have been well documented over the past 15 years in which government employees, both civilian and military, have alleged mistreatment by the government because of discrimination or retaliation for whistleblowing. Many of those cases were dismissed on a technica…
Since the end of World War II, humanitarian non-governmental organizations (HNGOs), such as Oxfam, CARE and World Vision, have responded to natural disasters and complex emergencies by providing life-saving emergency relief aid across borders. International society perceives hum…
This dissertation explores how relations between state and business actors shape environmental politics and policies in developing countries. Most academic and policy discussions attribute environmental policy failures in poor countries to poverty, overpopulation, and weak, patr…
In this dissertation I explore the effects of domestic and international pressures on human rights accountability in states undergoing profound political transformations. My work is rooted in theories of democratization and transitional justice (those legal responses to a former…