The article examines why many foreign‐funded, resource‐rich movements in developing
countries have been unable to produce the massive mobilization found in other successful …

Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force
massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic …

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pivotal actors in international affairs. They
manage billions of dollars in funding, work all around the world, and shape global policies …

Few government programs that aid democracy abroad today seek to foster regime change.
Technical programs that do not confront dictators are more common than the aid to …

What has been the impact of transitions to democracy on gender relations? What roles have
women's mobilizations played in processes of democratization? In a new and over-arching …

Why do governments choose multilateralism? We examine a principal-agent model in which
states trade some control over the policy for greater burden sharing. The theory generates …

Do states and decision-makers ever act for moral reasons? And if they do, is it only when it is
convenient or relatively costless for them to do so? A number of advocacy movements—on …

This article offers a conceptual framework to identify and analyse the contemporary
behaviour of the paradoxical government-organized, non-governmental organization …

Why do advocacy campaigns succeed in some cases but fail in others? What conditions
motivate states to accept commitments championed by principled advocacy movements …

The passing of the Russian NGO Law in mid-2006 set clear parameters for Russian NGO
activity and civil society development. In this paper we assess the impact of the NGO Law on …