Dynamics of NGO legitimacy: How organising betrays core missions of INGOs

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-53

  Ossewaarde, Ringo ^a   Nijhof, André ^a   Heyse, Liesbet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; INGOs; Legitimacy; Non governmental organisations; Post Tsunami humanitarian intervention

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEVELOPMENT AID; HUMANITARIAN AID; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 38749123234     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.472     Document Type: Article

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