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 NGO Involvement in International Governance and Policy: Sources of Legitimacy

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xii)   (128K)
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    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction (Anton Vedder)
  • Questioning the Legitimacy of Non-governmental Organizations (1-20) by Anton Vedder   (173K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Ngos
    • 3. Legitimacy
    • 4. Reasons for NGO Involvement
    • 5. NGO Legitimacy Questioned
    • 6. Towards a Concept of NGO Legitimacy
    • 7. Advantages and Limitations of the Approach of This Book
  • Perceptions of the Legitimacy of International NGOs (21-58) by Vivien Collingwood and Louis Logister   (239K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Issues Arising from the Interviews with NGOs
    • 3. Illustration: Stakeholders' Views
    • 4. Conclusion
  • Internet Activities of NGOs and Legitimacy (59-110) by Anke Van Gorp   (293K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Selection of Internet NGOs
    • 3. Method of Website Analysis
    • 4. Results
    • 5. Conclusions
    • 6. Some Specific Normative Legitimacy Issues
  • A Step beyond: Technologically Enhanced Interactivity and Legitimacy (111-134) by Corien Prins   (192K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Interactive Digital Tools
    • 3. Implications for NGO Legitimacy
  • Regulatory Legitimacy of the Role of NGOs in Global Governance: Legal Status and Accreditation (135-174) by Peter Van Den Bossche   (245K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Rules on the Legal Status of NGOs
    • 3. Rules on the Accreditation of NGOs
    • 4. Conclusion
  • What Makes an NGO 'Legitimate' in the Eyes of States? (175-196) by Menno T. Kamminga   (178K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Domestic Legal Personality
    • 3. European Convention on Human Rights
    • 4. European Convention on the Recognition of the Legal Personality of NGOs
    • 5. Fundamental Principles on the Status of NGOs in Europe
    • 6. Implementation of the Fundamental Principles
    • 7. Consultative or Similar Status
    • 8. United Nations
    • 9. Withdrawal and Suspension of UN Consultative Status
    • 10. Council of Europe
    • 11. A Complementary Approach: Self-regulation by NGOs
    • 12. Codes of Conduct
    • 12. Coalitionbuilding
    • 13. Conclusions
  • Towards a Defensible Conceptualization of the Legitimacy of NGOs (197-212) by Anton Vedder   (143K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Normative versus Empirical or Legal Conceptions of Legitimacy
    • 3. Reconsidering the Three Legitimacy Dimensions
    • 4. The Specific Character of Legitimacy as a Criterion
    • 5. The Legitimacy of NGOs and the Legitimacy of the Global Order
    • 6. Summing up
  • About the Authors (213-214)   (84K)
  • Bibliography (215-230)   (132K)
  • Index (231-236)   (116K)