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Overview“Weak Institutions and the Governance Dilemma is especially important and welcome since it offers a very incisive analysis of the role of NGOs in transitional democracies and the effect of institutional setting on NGO effectiveness in representing citizen interests. This book offers a very creative conceptual framework and timely, penetrating case studies which provide valuable insights on NGO strategy, governmental capacity, and the possibilities for social change.”Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director, American Political Science Association, and Georgetown University, USA This book provides a novel analytical perspective on policymaking, policy effects and NGOs in hybrid regimes. It examines the sources and patterns of gaps between formal rules, political practice and longer term effects, and explores how NGOs navigate the tension-laden environments that gaps represent. The book shows how weak institutionsand malfunctioning policies turn NGOs into ambivalent actors. Empirically, it covers criminal justice and social protection policies in post-Soviet Georgia and Armenia. The findings from the in-depth case studies are then extended by a discussion of gaps in hybrid regimes as diverse as Malaysia, Kenya and Russia. The book’s approach and findings will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners interested in NGOs, institutional theory and public policy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mariella FalkenhainPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.583kg ISBN: 9783030397418ISBN 10: 3030397416 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 08 April 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Theorizing Gaps in Hybrid Regimes 3 Criminal Justice Policy in Georgia: NGOs Facing Shallow Reform4 Social Protection in Georgia: NGOs in a Field of Low Political Salience 5 Criminal Justice Policy in Armenia: NGOs Facing Chronic Non-Enforcement 6 Social Protection in Armenia: NGOs and the Underproviding State7 How NGOs Respond to Systemic and Provoked Gaps 8 Conclusion: Gaps, Traps and Ambiguity in Hybrid Regimes Appendix AAppendix BIndexReviewsAuthor InformationMariella Falkenhain is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, Germany. Her work examines how individual and collective actors are shaped by and try to shape the institutional environment in which they operate. Her research has appeared, among others, in Voluntas, Global Policy, and the Journal of Civil Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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