Choosing the lesser evil understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs / Liesbet Heyse.
| Author/creator | Heyse, Liesbet, 1973- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, |
| Description | x, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series |
| Contents | Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects -- Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior -- Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective -- Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior -- Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features -- Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern -- Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns -- From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa -- The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features -- Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern -- Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns -- Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results -- A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization -- Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006031449 |
| ISBN | 0754646122 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754646129 (alk. paper) |
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