Choosing the lesser evil
Subtitle: understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs
By: Liesbet Heyse.
Series: Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series
Publisher: Ashgate; Ashgate Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780754646129
Subjects: Médecins sans frontières (Association). -- Holland.; Action by Churches Together (Organization). -- Netherlands.; Humanitarian assistance -- Decision making.; Humanitarian assistance -- Decision making -- Case studies.; Non-governmental organizations -- Decision making.; Non-governmental organizations -- Decision making -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects; title: Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior; title: Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective; title: Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior; title: Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features; title: Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern; title: Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns; title: From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa; title: The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features; title: Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern; title: Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns; title: Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results; title: A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization; title: Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid.