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Author Heyse, Liesbet, 1973-

Title Choosing the lesser evil : understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs / Liesbet Heyse.

Publication Info. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series
Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and indexes.
Contents 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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Subject Médecins sans frontières (Association). Holland.
Médecins sans frontières (Association). Holland.
Action by Churches Together (Organization). Netherlands.
Action by Churches Together (Organization). Netherlands.
Humanitarian assistance -- Decision making.
Humanitarian assistance.
Decision making.
Humanitarian assistance -- Decision making -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Non-governmental organizations -- Decision making.
Non-governmental organizations.
Non-governmental organizations -- Decision making -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Heyse, Liesbet, 1973- Choosing the lesser evil. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006 (DLC) 2006031449
ISBN 9780754683865 (electronic book)
0754683869 (electronic book)
0754646122 (alkaline paper)
9780754646129 (alkaline paper)