| ID | 138301 |
| Title Proper | Choosing the best house in a bad neighborhood: |
| Other Title Information | location strategies of human rights INGOs in the non-western world |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Murdie, Amanda ; Barry, Colin M ; Flynn, Michael E ; Bell, Sam R |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | What determines the location of those human rights international non-governmental organization (INGO) resources found outside of the highly developed Western democracies? We draw a distinction between the bottom-up mobilization processes driving the location of human rights organization (HRO) members from the top-down strategic concerns driving where HRO leaders place permanent offices. In particular, we find that, while political opportunity structures generally increase the likelihood that a state has HRO members, it has a curvilinear influence on the number of HRO secretariats, which typically locate in areas seen as having a higher need for organizational resources. Further, while there is no clear connection between human rights abuses and HRO memberships in a state, HROs' strategic concerns lead them to place offices with reference to both local and neighborhood “need”—in other words, levels of repression. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 59, No.1; Mar 2015: p.86-98 |
| Journal Source | International Studies Quarterly Vol: 59 No 1 |
| Key Words | Neighborhood ; Western Democracies ; INGOs ; Strategic Concerns ; Strategies of Human Rights ; Non - Western World ; HRO ; Levels of Repression |