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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827685503321

Autore

Calnan Scott

Titolo

The effectiveness of domestic human rights NGOs : a comparative study / / by Scott Calnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-282-39978-0

9786612399787

90-474-3147-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Nijhoff eBook titles 2008

Disciplina

341.4/8

Soggetti

Human rights

Non-governmental organizations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theoretical approach and method -- The tactics of human rights DNGOs in United States, Britain and Germany -- The structure of human rights DNGOs in the United States, Britain and Germany -- The acquisition of resources by human rights DNGOs in the United States, Britain and Germany -- The effectiveness of domestic human rights DNGOs in the United States, Britain and Germany.

Sommario/riassunto

Although human rights NGOs, and especially domestic human rights NGOs, have become crucial to the human rights movement over the years very little literature exists which describes their operations or sets out a framework in which they can be critically examined. This book sets out to begin to fill this gap by focusing on how NGOs mobilise the law and how their effectiveness could be measured. Focusing on case studies of actual domestic human rights NGOs, and using a comparative methodology, this book focuses its analysis on the real life problems of human rights NGOs. The result is a revealing snapshot of the legal work of human rights NGOs and a vision of how they could become even more important in the future.