International NGOs

Readings and class materials for Thursday, November 17, 2022

Readings

  • Andrew Heiss, “NGOs and Authoritarianism” (Heiss 2019) (the PDF for this is on iCollege under “Content”.)
  • Chapter 1, “Your NGO Starter Kit” in William DeMars, NGOs and Transnational Networks: Wild Cards in World Politics (DeMars 2005) (the PDF for this is on iCollege under “Content”.)

Written response question

How and for what reasons do countries (authoritarian or democratic) rely on NGOs? Can an international NGO working in an authoritarian country be complicit in any of that country’s human rights abuses? (Answer in ≈150 words.)

Slides

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References

DeMars, William. 2005. NGOs and Transnational Networks: Wild Cards in World Politics. London: Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18fs3q9.
Heiss, Andrew. 2019. NGOs and Authoritarianism.” In Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations, edited by Thomas Davies. London: Routledge.