Legal Personality and the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations and Non-State Political Entities in the United Nations System - Ruth Wedgwood The Emergence of Non-Governmental Organizations and Transnational Enterprises in International Law and the Changing Role of the State…
In recent years civil society has been seen as a key route for democracy promotion and solving development 'problems' in low-income countries. However, the very concept of civil society is deeply rooted in European traditions and values. In pursuing civil society reform in non-W…
AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However, the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. At first, the group has everything it needs, a thriving membership, and support fr…
BACKGROUND: Despite the history of U.S.-based partners leading global health programs in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries, sustainable models of health care rely on local country partners leading the way. Transition is the process of shifting funder-led programs towards c…
Reproductive health has gained new ethical and political significance in post-war Guatemala with the increasing participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the pursuit of gender and racial equality. This dissertation is concerned with the way young, marginalized wo…
This paper seeks to examine how registered, 501(c)3 short-term medical missions (STMMs) create and define accountability, responsibility, and success within their organization. To explore this question, a survey measuring volunteer motivations was cross-analyzed with volunteer-w…
Since the late 1980s, a significant number of studies of the work of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the developing world have been published, giving rise to a distinctive literature within the social sciences. This literature however focuses on the socioeconomic aspect…
The emergence of women's NGO (Non Governmental Organization) movements within the framework of Uzbekistan's civil society sector - following independence in 1991 - has stimulated the interest of both domestic and international powers. It has become imperative to understand the c…
Community development programmes have been initiated to tackle the shared problems of local communities. The nature, volume and tenure of the development programmes depend on the felt needs and available resources. Different nations initiate community development programmes at d…
This thesis explores the social and political relations of an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Senegal. NGOs and international development have been the subject of research from a number of different perspectives, including the politics (and anti-politi…
This thesis examines how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) claim legitimacy in the UK national context with the aim of increasing the understanding of how NGOs’ access to power is justified. The thesis argues that the limits of current theories on NGOs and legitimacy do not …
This dissertation examines the politics of post-conflict justice in the former Yugoslavia. It discusses the protagonistic role of human rights activists in challenging existing transitional justice models that emphasize international and domestic war crimes trials over restorati…
Two- thirds of Pakistan's primary aged children are enrolled in school and less than one-third complete fifth grade. Decades after the inception of the goal of primary education for all of its children, the state is unable to fulfill its promise of providing access to universal …
The governments of most post-Soviet states rapidly signed onto a range of environmental treaties upon gaining their independence from the Soviet Union in late 1991. However, their enthusiasm for signing onto international environmental agreements has not been matched by vigilanc…
This dissertation is a study of how Buddhism informed development projects as they were emerging in Bodhgaya, located in the Indian state Bihar. Bihar had a national reputation for being corrupt, prone to outbreaks of violence, and for having high rates of illiteracy, poverty, a…