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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521198380
ISBN-13
9780521198387
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102801344
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), General, Political Process / Political Advocacy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-031214
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Rather than characterizing advocacy organizations by their distinctive ideals and the intentions of their members, the contributors to this important new volume ask what can be learned by exploring the similarities with profit-oriented firms and collective action projects. The result is a collection of rich, theoretically-engaged case studies that significantly advance our understanding of the structure and strategies of advocacy organizations while generating compelling new questions about norms and shared values." Elisabeth Clemens, The University of Chicago, and author of The People's Lobby, 'Rather than characterizing advocacy organizations by their distinctive ideals and the intentions of their members, the contributors to this important new volume ask what can be learned by exploring the similarities with profit-oriented firms and collective action projects. The result is a collection of rich, theoretically-engaged case studies that significantly advance our understanding of the structure and strategies of advocacy organizations while generating compelling new questions about norms and shared values.' Elisabeth Clemens, University of Chicago, and author of The People's Lobby, "Prakash and Gugerty have assembled an unusually innovative and imaginative set of essays on interest group advocacy. This important collection advances the field with its emphasis on organizational behavior." Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University, "...the volume contains valuable insights that propel the field of advocacy studies in new directions." Joel Pruce, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, H-Human-Rights, Advance praise: 'This book brings together a top-flight team of scholars to address the factors that help shape the advocacy activities of international NGOs. Complementing previous research but starting from a different perspective than most, the chapters show that leaders of NGOs must establish their organizations' individual identities, maintain their memberships, and worry about survival. Advocacy strategies are influenced, then, by these concerns as well as by the moral convictions of their members. An important contribution sure to inform as well as provoke.' Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 'This book brings together a top-flight team of scholars to address the factors that help shape the advocacy activities of international NGOs. Complementing previous research but starting from a different perspective than most, the chapters show that leaders of NGOs must establish their organizations' individual identities, maintain their memberships, and worry about survival. Advocacy strategies are influenced, then, by these concerns as well as by the moral convictions of their members. An important contribution sure to inform as well as provoke.' Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 'Prakash and Gugerty have assembled an unusually innovative and imaginative set of essays on interest group advocacy. This important collection advances the field with its emphasis on organizational behavior.' Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University, "the case studies in Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action offer insights that I expect will make the volume useful for courses in political science, political sociology, and for organizational behavior courses on advocacy and the global nonprofit sector. The volume makes an important contribution for those seeking to advance organizational research on advocacy groups in a context of blurring sectoral boundaries." -Edward T. Walker, University of California, Los Angeles, Administrative Science Quarterly, "This book brings together a top-flight team of scholars to address the factors that help shape the advocacy activities of international NGOs. Complementing previous research but starting from a different perspective than most, the chapters show that leaders of NGOs must establish their organizations' individual identities, maintain their memberships, and worry about survival. Advocacy strategies are influenced, then, by these concerns as well as by the moral convictions of their members. An important contribution sure to inform as well as provoke." Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
322.4
Table Of Content
Introduction: 1. Advocacy organization and collective action: an introduction Aseem Prakash and Mary Kay Gugerty; Part I. The Institutional Environment and Advocacy Organizations: 2. The price of advocacy: mobilization and maintenance in advocacy organizations McGee Young; 3. Acting in good faith: an economic approach to religious organizations as advocacy groups Anthony J. Gill and Steven J. Pfaff; 4. Institutional environment and the organization of advocacy NGOs in the OECD Elizabeth A. Bloodgood; Part II. Advocacy Tactics and Strategies: 5. The market for human rights Clifford Bob; 6. Brand identity and the tactical repertoires of advocacy organizations Maryann Barakso; 7. Shopping around: environmental organizations and the search for policy venues Sarah B. Pralle; Part III. International Advocacy and Market Structures: 8. The political economy of transnational action among international NGOs Alexander Cooley and James Ron; 9. Advocacy organizations, networks, and the firm analogy Jesse D. Lecy, George E. Mitchell and Hans Peter Schmitz; 10. Shaping civic advocacy: international and domestic policies towards Russia's NGO Sarah L. Henderson; Part IV. Towards a New Research Program: 11. Rethinking advocacy organizations? A critical comment Thomas Risse; 12. Conclusions and future research: rethinking advocacy organizations Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash.
Synopsis
Advocacy organizations are viewed as actors motivated primarily by principled beliefs. This volume outlines a new agenda for the study of advocacy organizations, proposing a model of NGOs as collective actors that seek to fulfil normative concerns and instrumental incentives, face collective action problems, and compete as well as collaborate with other advocacy actors. The analogy of the firm is a useful way of studying advocacy actors because individuals, via advocacy NGOs, make choices which are analytically similar to those that shareholders make in the context of firms. The authors view advocacy NGOs as special types of firms that make strategic choices in policy markets which, along with creating public goods, support organizational survival, visibility, and growth. Advocacy NGOs' strategy can therefore be understood as a response to opportunities to supply distinct advocacy products to well-defined constituencies, as well as a response to normative or principled concerns., Advocacy organizations are viewed as actors motivated primarily by principled beliefs. This volume outlines a new agenda for the study of advocacy organizations, proposing a model of NGOs as collective actors that seek to fulfill normative concerns and instrumental incentives, face collective action problems, and compete as well as collaborate with other advocacy actors. The firm analogy is a useful way of studying advocacy actors because individuals via advocacy NGOs make choices which are analytically similar to those that shareholders make in the context of firms. The authors view advocacy NGOs as special types of firms that make strategic choices in policy markets which, along with creating public goods, support organizational survival, visibility, and growth. Advocacy NGOs' strategy can therefore be understood as a response to opportunities to supply distinct advocacy products to well defined constituencies as well as a response to normative or principled concerns., Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action outlines a new agenda for the study of advocacy NGOs. Drawing on a collective action perspective, the authors model advocacy organizations as strategic actors operating in policy markets. They suggest that like firms, NGOs' emergence and strategies are influenced by both normative and instrumental concerns.
LC Classification Number
JF529 .A38 2010
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