Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action outlines a new agenda for the study of advocacy NGOs. Drawing on a collective action perspective, the authors model advocacy organizations as strategic actors operating in policy markets. They suggest that like firms, NGOs' emergence and strategies are influenced by both normative and instrumental concerns.
A new agenda for studying advocacy organizations which treats them as 'firms' operating in policy markets.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: 1. Advocacy organization and collective action: an introduction Aseem Prakash and Mary Kay Gugerty; Part I. The Institutional Environment and Advocacy Organizations: 2. The price of advocacy: mobilization and maintenance in advocacy organizations McGee Young; 3. Acting in good faith: an economic approach to religious organizations as advocacy groups Anthony J. Gill and Steven J. Pfaff; 4. Institutional environment and the organization of advocacy NGOs in the OECD Elizabeth A. Bloodgood; Part II. Advocacy Tactics and Strategies: 5. The market for human rights Clifford Bob; 6. Brand identity and the tactical repertoires of advocacy organizations Maryann Barakso; 7. Shopping around: environmental organizations and the search for policy venues Sarah B. Pralle; Part III. International Advocacy and Market Structures: 8. The political economy of transnational action among international NGOs Alexander Cooley and James Ron; 9. Advocacy organizations, networks, and the firm analogy Jesse D. Lecy, George E. Mitchell and Hans Peter Schmitz; 10. Shaping civic advocacy: international and domestic policies towards Russia's NGO Sarah L. Henderson; Part IV. Towards a New Research Program: 11. Rethinking advocacy organizations? A critical comment Thomas Risse; 12. Conclusions and future research: rethinking advocacy organizations Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash.
