Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Symposium: Governing Civil Society: NGO Accountability, Legitimacy and Influence

The latest issue of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law (Vol. 36, no. 3, 2011) contains a symposium on "Governing Civil Society: NGO Accountability, Legitimacy and Influence." Contents include:
  • Symposium: Governing Civil Society: NGO Accountability, Legitimacy and Influence
    • Dana Brakman Reiser & Claire R. Kelly, Introduction: Governing Civil Society
    • Shamima Ahmed, The Impact of NGOs on International Organizations: Complexities and Considerations
    • Kenneth Anderson, “Accountability” as “Legitimacy”: Global Governance, Global Civil Society and the United Nations
    • Steve Charnovitz, The Illegitimacy of Preventing NGO Participation
    • Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, NGO Standing and Influence in Regional Human Rights Courts and Commissions
    • Oonagh B. Breen, Through the Looking Glass: European Perspectives on Non-Profit Vulnerability, Legitimacy and Regulation
    • Thomas Kelley, Wait! That’s Not What We Meant by Civil Society!: Questioning the NGO Orthodoxy in West Africa
    • Dana Brakman Reiser & Claire R. Kelly, Linking NGO Accountability and the Legitimacy of Global Governance