TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heyse,Liesbet
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Choosing the lesser evil: understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs 
T2  - Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series
SN  - 9780754683865
AV  - HV553 .H49 2006
U1  - 361.2/60684 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Medecins sans frontieres (Association)
KW  - Holland
KW  - Action by Churches Together (Organization)
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes; 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
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