Crowded Out

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-55738-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Crowded Out delves into the complex landscape of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). Bush and Hadden trace INGOs' rise to prominence at the end of the twentieth century and three significant but overlooked recent trends: a decrease in new INGO foundings, despite persistent global need; a shift towards specialization, despite the complexity of global problems; and a dispersal of INGO activities globally, despite potential gains from concentrating on areas of acute need. Assembling a wealth of new data on INGO foundings, missions, and locations, Bush and Hadden show how INGOs are being crowded out of dense organizational environments. They conduct case studies of INGOs across issue areas, relying on dozens of interviews and a large-scale survey to bring practitioners' voices to the study of INGOs. To effectively address today's global challenges, organizations must innovate in a crowded world. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bush, Sarah Sunn

Hadden, Jennifer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of INGO populations; 3. After the INGO explosion; 4. The growing specialization of INGOs; 5. The spreading out of INGOs; 6. The future of INGOs; 7. Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Hadden, Jennifer
Jennifer Hadden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and at the Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs at Brown University. Her previous book with Cambridge University Press Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change (2015) received four book awards from the American Political Science Association and the International Political Science Association.

Bush, Sarah Sunn
Sarah Sunn Bush is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of two previous books with Cambridge University Press: Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections (2022) and The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators (2015).