| Choosing the Lesser Evil: Understanding Decision Making in Humanitarian Aid NGOs Contributor(s): Heyse, Liesbet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754646122 ISBN-13: 9780754646129 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) |
| Dewey: 361.260 |
| LCCN: 2006031449 |
| Series: Non-State Actors in International Law, Politics & Governance |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do non-governmental humanitarian aid organizations initiate, terminate and extend their project activities? Humanitarian aid organizations regularly face difficult decisions about life and death in a context of serious time constraints which force them daily to select whom to help and whom not to help. Liesbet Heyse focuses on how humanitarian aid organizations make these decisions and provides an inside view of the decision making processes. Two NGO case studies are used as illustration - M decins sans Fronti res (MSF) and Acting with Churches Together (ACT) - both of which operate in an international network and represent specific types of NGOs often found in the community. This book opens up the black box of NGO operations, provides an empirical account of organizational decision making and combines insights of organization theory and organizational decision making theory. |
