- 018. NGOs in Politics - Laura Henry M 11:30 - 12:55 W 11:30 -
12:55 Hubbard-22 - Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are
thought to play a crucial role in politics— monitoring the
state, facilitating citizen participation in politics, and
articulating policy alternatives. Yet the activities of NGOs
vary signifi cantly from one political system to another, most
notably differing among developing and developed states and
democratic and authoritarian states. In addition, NGOs’ role in
the political process is being transformed by globalization and
the increasingly transnational nature of political activism,
which allows NGOs to import ideas and tactics from other
political systems and to appeal to international actors for
support when their own domestic political environment is
unreceptive. Explores the following questions: How do factors
such as a state’s level of economic development, its political
culture, the nature of the political regime, and the arrangement
of its political institutions shape NGOs’ rol