03211nam a2200589 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001500069020001500084020001500099020001500114020001500129020001500144020001500159020001500174020001500189035002600204035001700230035002100247035002400268035003400292035003200326035002500358035001900383035002800402035002300430035002400453035002500477035002300502035003000525040002400555041000800579050002500587082001200612100002400624245006400648260005100712300003100763500007300794504005100867505057300918520094601491546001202437650003602449650001902485650003902504650002002543655002202563776001802585776001802603BJBSDDR20230411090721.0ta120521s20142013enka    ob    001 0 eng d  a1139794191  a1139889206  a1139779842  a1139782835  a1139776800  a1139783769  a1139177141  a1283746468  a1139778323  a(CKB)2550000000708496  a(EBL)1042514  a(OCoLC)821647497  a(SSID)ssj0000756450  a(PQKBManifestationID)11428112  a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756450  a(PQKBWorkID)10750991  a(PQKB)10627645  a(UkCbUP)CR9781139177146  a(MiAaPQ)EBC1042514  a(Au-PeEL)EBL1042514  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10621712  a(CaONFJC)MIL405896  a(EXLCZ)992550000000708496  aMiAaPQcMiAaPQbspa  aeng14aJZ 4841 bL271n 201300a3002231 aLang, Sabined1959-10aNGOs, civil society, and the public sphere / cSabine Lang.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2014  a(273 p. :)bill. ;c24 cm   aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: 1. David or Goliath? situating NGOs in politics; 2. Civil society as a public sphere; 3. The NGOization of civil society; 4. Limits to NGO advocacy in the public sphere; 5. Urban development advocacy in the United States and Germany; 6. Transnational women's NGO networks in the European Union; 7. NGOs navigating inclusion in governance and public accountabilities; Appendix A. Interviews for chapter 5; Appendix B. Interviews for chapter 6; Appendix C. Website analysis for chapter 6; Appendix D. Issue crawler figures for chapter 6.  a"Nongovernmental organizations act on behalf of citizens in politics and society. Yet many question their legitimacy and ask who they speak for. This book investigates how NGOs can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. Sabine Lang analyzes the choices that NGOs face in their work for policy change between working in institutional settings and practicing public advocacy that incorporates constituents' voices. Whereas most books on NGOs focus on policy effectiveness, using approaches that treat accountability largely as a matter of internal performance measurements, Lang instead argues that it is ultimately several public accountabilities that inform NGO legitimacy. The case studies in this book use empirical research from the European Union, the United States, and Germany to point to governments' role in redefining the conditions for NGOs' public advocacy"--cProvided by publisher.  aEnglish 0aNon-governmental organizations. 0aCivil society. 0aOrganizaciones no gubernamentales  4aSociedad civil  4aElectronic books.  z1-107-41755-4  z1-107-02499-4