Nongovernmental Organizations in the United Nations System: The Emerging Role of International Civil Society

Otto, Dianne

doi:10.1353/hrq.1996.0009

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“…NGOs have always played an important role in the operations of the UN, but this role has not been without contention. On the one hand, while former UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali has called NGOs indispensable to the UN's activities (DeMars 2005), Otto (1996) notes that ''the relationship between the UN and NGOs has always been one of controversy and fluctuation'' due in large part to state criticism of NGO interference (p. 113).…”

Section: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence In Ngo-igo Relationshipsmentioning

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Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships

O'Brien

Evans

2016

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This study examines the distinction between power imbalance and mutual dependence to better understand how NGOs manage resource dependencies in their relationships with civil society partners. The NGO leaders we interviewed emphasized mutual dependence in the relationships they developed with other NGOs regarding access to financial and information resources. In contrast, discourse about their relationships with IGOs focused on the acquisition of legitimacy and access, and was dominated by power imbalance. NGOs were largely accepting of both forms of dependence in pursuit of the community's shared goals and for the greater good of constituents. Our finding that NGOs refrain from terminating suboptimal relationships also reflects the extent to which mutual dependence governs NGOs partnering strategies.Résumé La présente étude se penche sur la distinction entre le déséquilibre du pouvoir et l'interdépendance, pour mieux comprendre la façon dont les ONG gèrent leur dépendance aux ressources dans leurs relations avec des sociétés civiles partenaires. Les dirigeants d'ONG que nous avons interrogés ont mis l'accent sur l'interdépendance qui existe dans leurs relations avec d'autres ONG pour l'accès aux ressources financières et documentaires. Par opposition, le discours sur leurs relations avec les OIG accentuait l'acquisition de légitimité et d'accès et était dominé par le déséquilibre du pouvoir. Les ONG acceptent largement les deux formes de dépendance dans la poursuite des objectifs partagés de la communauté et pour le plus grand bien des électeurs. Nos résultats confirmant que les ONG évitent de mettre fin à des relations sous-optimales reflètent également la mesure dans laquelle l'interdépendance gouverne les stratégies de partenariat des ONG.Zusammenfassung Diese Studie untersucht den Unterschied zwischen Machtungleichgewicht und gegenseitiger Abhängigkeit, um zu einem besseren Verständnis dahingehend zu gelangen, wie nicht-staatliche Organisationen mit Ressourcenabhängigkeiten in ihren Beziehungen zu Partnern in der Bürgergesellschaft umgehen. Die von uns befragten Leiter nicht-staatlicher Organisationen betonten eine gegenseitige Abhängigkeit in den Beziehungen zu anderen nicht-staatlichen Organisationen mit Hinblick auf den Zugang zu Finanz-und Informationsressourcen. Bei ihren Beziehungen zu internationalen staatlichen Organisationen hingegen konzentrierten sie sich auf die Erzielung von Legitimität und Zugang, und die Beziehungen wurden von einer Machtungleichheit dominiert. Die nicht-staatlichen Organisationen akzeptierten weitgehend beide Arten der Abhängigkeit zugunsten der Ziele der Gemeinschaft und des allgemeinen Wohlergehens der Gemeindemitglieder. Unser Ergebnis, dass nicht-staatliche Organisationen von einer Beendigung suboptimaler Beziehungen absehen, spiegelt auch den Umfang wider, in dem die gegenseitige Abhängigkeit die Partnerstrategien nicht-staatlicher Organisationen bestimmt.Resumen El presente estudio examina la distinción entre desequilibrio de poder y dependencia mutua para comprender me...

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Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships

O'Brien

Evans

2016

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“…The current human right practice in fact already indicated the involvement of non-governmental agents. Both the UN and the World Bank have successfully managed to include NGOs in its meetings in order to forge a liaison, and it is the trend and fact that more and more NGOs would probably be involved in the future and the more weight they will get (Alger, 2002;Goldman, 2006;Gordenker, 1995;Otto, 1996). On the flip side, the NGOs, for instance ICANN, also tried to involve the voice of national governments, if the global interests are in concern.…”

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Time to Think about Human Right to the Internet Access: A Beitz’s Approach

Wang¹

2013

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In this paper, I provided a justification for human right to the Internet access by using Beitz's theory of human rights. Contrasting to the naturalistic human rights theory that place the normativity of rights on a group of basic values that are derived from the universal human nature, the practical concept of human rights proposed by Beitz grounds the normativity of human rights concept on both the basic interests that are supposed to protect and the political role it is expected to play in current human right practice. I argued that Beitz's conceptualization of human rights is much more inclusive for new potential rights, as his human rights theory gives great deal of normative weight to the actual human rights practice. Since the current human rights practice in political arena strongly suggests the human right to the Internet access, I tested the potential human right to the Internet access through the criteria composed by Beitz, and argued that Beitz's theory could be very supportive for arguing human right to the Internet access.

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“…This effort was led by an important coalition of women's organisations associated with the Center for Women's Global Leadership, headed by Charlotte Bunch, and is said to have been instrumental in bringing the issue of violence against women into international focus (Connors 1996;Otto 1996;Keck and Sikkink 1998;Joachim 1999Joachim , 2003Brown Thompson 2002). This strategy saw women's organisations argue that gendered forms of violence should no longer be considered 'domestic' or 'private' phenomena.…”

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Situating Women: Gender Politics and Circumstance in Fiji

George¹

2012

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Nongovernmental Organizations in the United Nations System: The Emerging Role of International Civil Society

Cited by 125 publications

References 19 publications

Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships

Civil Society Partnerships: Power Imbalance and Mutual Dependence in NGO Partnerships

Time to Think about Human Right to the Internet Access: A Beitz’s Approach

Situating Women: Gender Politics and Circumstance in Fiji

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