Thursday, March 1, 2012

Gourevitch, Lake, & Stein: The Credibility of Transnational NGOs: When Virtue is Not Enough

Peter A. Gourevitch (Univ. of California, San Diego - Political Science), David A. Lake (Univ. of California, San Diego - Political Science), & Janice Gross Stein (Univ. of Toronto - Political Science) have published The Credibility of Transnational NGOs: When Virtue is Not Enough (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). Contents include:
  • Peter A. Gourevitch & David A. Lake, Beyond virtue: evaluating and enhancing the credibility of non-governmental organizations
  • Susan D. Hyde, Why believe international election monitors?
  • Irfan Nooruddin & Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Credible certification of child labor free production
  • Wendy H. Wong, Becoming a household name: how human rights NGOs establish credibility through organizational structure
  • Carew Boulding, Dilemmas of information and accountability: foreign aid donors and local development NGOs
  • Laura Thaut, Michael Barnett & Janice Gross Stein, In defense of virtue: credibility, legitimacy dilemmas, and the case of Islamic Relief
  • Craig McIntosh, Monitoring repayment in online peer-to-peer lending
  • Peter A. Gourevitch & David A. Lake, Credibility and compromises