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Non-Governmental Organizations at the United Nations: Identity, Role and Function

Peter Willetts
- 01 Nov 1982 - 
- Vol. 59, Iss: 1, pp 92-92
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This article is published in International Affairs.The article was published on 1982-11-01. It has received 11 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Identity (social science).

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Reframing NGOs: The Identity of an International Relations Non-Starter

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a better understanding of the concept of non-governmental organization and its implications for the politics of international relations as well as its application in international relations.
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Looking in the mirror: Comparing INGO networks across issue areas

TL;DR: This article examined the network relationships of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) across four issues areas: the environment, health, human rights, and development, and found that the characteristics of network relations across the four areas are in fact quite different.
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Measuring Religion in Global Civil Society

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of data sources and methods illustrates both the selection bias and prevalence of religious mobilization in human rights, an arena that is often assumed to be a secular one.

NGO participation in international lawmaking and democratic legitimacy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited the debate on the NGO democratic legitimacy thesis and proposed an analytical term that better fits understanding NGOs' contributions to international lawmaking: a quality justification of international law.
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From International Relations to Global Governance Theory: Conceptualizing NGOs after the Rio Breakthrough of 1992

TL;DR: In this article, the ontology of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the processes of their inclusion in world politics are discussed, and an ontological evolution of NGOs in international relations (IR): as international interest groups, then transnational social movement organizations, and most recently as global civil society.
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Reframing NGOs: The Identity of an International Relations Non-Starter

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a better understanding of the concept of non-governmental organization and its implications for the politics of international relations as well as its application in international relations.
Journal ArticleDOI

Looking in the mirror: Comparing INGO networks across issue areas

TL;DR: This article examined the network relationships of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) across four issues areas: the environment, health, human rights, and development, and found that the characteristics of network relations across the four areas are in fact quite different.
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Measuring Religion in Global Civil Society

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of data sources and methods illustrates both the selection bias and prevalence of religious mobilization in human rights, an arena that is often assumed to be a secular one.

NGO participation in international lawmaking and democratic legitimacy

TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited the debate on the NGO democratic legitimacy thesis and proposed an analytical term that better fits understanding NGOs' contributions to international lawmaking: a quality justification of international law.
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From International Relations to Global Governance Theory: Conceptualizing NGOs after the Rio Breakthrough of 1992

TL;DR: In this article, the ontology of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the processes of their inclusion in world politics are discussed, and an ontological evolution of NGOs in international relations (IR): as international interest groups, then transnational social movement organizations, and most recently as global civil society.