Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology: Exclusion and Temporariness

Kimber, Leah

doi:10.2478/sjs-2023-0005

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“…Furthermore, when NSA's inclusion is taken into account, studies tend to focus on one type of NSA only (NGOs or corporations, for instance). Their negotiating capacity (Orsini 2016), that is, their ability to influence results, is also often eliminated, as well as the new dynamics of exclusion that results from access conditions to IOs and negotiations (Kimber 2023).…”

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Negotiating the Opening of International Organizations to Non-State Actors: The Case of the World Health Organization

Guilbaud

2023

INER

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Based on empirical fieldwork, this article analyzes the negotiation of a Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) at the World Health Organization (WHO) between 2011 and 2016. The study examines the long and difficult negotiation process, which shifts from a mere adaptation of guidelines by the WHO Secretariat to an intergovernmental negotiation led by a core group of Member States. This negotiation process cannot simply be explained by traditional dialogues among delegations and hierarchical relationships within international organizations. Other factors played important roles in the process as well – the high political stakes of the issue, non-traditional coalition games, heterogeneity among the actors, and the WHO Secretariat’s role as a negotiating party – all advocating for the development of a triangular, multi-voice negotiation model within international organizations.

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Negotiating the Opening of International Organizations to Non-State Actors: The Case of the World Health Organization

Guilbaud

2023

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From policy to practice: How NATO joined forces with NGOs for the protection of civilians

Charotte,

Colli,

Reykers

2024

Cooperation and Conflict

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) active cooperation with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the protection of civilians (PoC) challenges the academic assumption that NATO’s decision-making structures are generally closed to civil society participation. What explains the decision of NATO officials to work with NGOs when developing a Policy for the PoC, and how did this cooperation take place? Combining insights from resource dependency and organisational learning theories, we explore whether and how concerns about public legitimacy and operational effectiveness can explain that NATO engaged with NGOs during its learning process on PoC. Methodologically, we combine data from 26 interviews with NATO officials and NGO representatives with a document analysis of 648 NATO publications. Our analysis shows that NATO’s collaboration with NGOs in the adoption of a PoC policy was very much a bottom-up process. Military commanders began engaging with NGOs on the ground during NATO’s International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan (2001–2014). NGOs then gradually gained access to the formulation and institutionalisation of the PoC policy. While legitimacy concerns triggered NATO’s initial cooperation with NGOs, effectiveness concerns related to policy implementation facilitated stronger cooperation once the process was underway.

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Badache

Kimber

2023

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology: Exclusion and Temporariness

Cited by 4 publications

References 78 publications

Negotiating the Opening of International Organizations to Non-State Actors: The Case of the World Health Organization

Negotiating the Opening of International Organizations to Non-State Actors: The Case of the World Health Organization

From policy to practice: How NATO joined forces with NGOs for the protection of civilians

Anchoring International Organizations in Organizational Sociology

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