The Ngo Phenomenon: A Guide To Web Resources

The NGO Phenomenon: A Guide to Web Resources

2009

Anthony M. Angiletta Morrison Curator for the Social Sciences Updated 17 February

IGOs & NGOs, 1900-2000

52415 47098

IGOs NGOs

9521

6743

7350

289

1909

1933

1979

2000

2005

Extant Human Rights INGOs by Founding Date

30

77

1839-1945 1945-1975

312

1975-1998

NGOs as Keyword in WorldCat by Imprint Date 2000 2462

1500

1271

1000 384

500 0

0

46

1800- 1940- 1980- 1990- 20001940 1979 1989 1999 2005

Citations

NGOs as keywords in 6 Social Sciences Indexes: SSCI, World PolSciAbs, EconLit, Sociol.Abs, PAIS, IntlBibliogSocScis

5687

3138

118

212

1940/1979

1980/1989

1990/1999

2000/2006

NGOs: Definition and Classification

• World Bank categorization and good art • Wikipedia definition and treatment • Non-governmental Organizations Resea (Duke University site; excellent resource)

American Context •Associations, Associationism, Tocqueville --Voluntarism and voluntary associations -->2,000,000 voluntary assocs. in US •Interest groups and Interest Group Liberalism: Grant McConnell, Ted Lowi, Almond & Powell

International Context • Term "non-governmental organization (NGO)" first used at founding of United Nations in 1945 • Historical precedents: medieval charities and alms-giving, sectarian & secular welfare associations • 1775 Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery > abolition of slave trade,1841 • 1828 American Peace Society > 425 peace societies in 1900 and Hague Conferences

International Context (cont.) • International Comm. of Red Cross • Transnational groups: --International Federation of Tobacco Workers, 1876 > International Federation of Trade Unions, 1901 --Second or Socialist International, 1889 --Women’s suffrage movement, 1861 – 19th Amendment anecdote on International Rotarians and Kiwanis • Explanatory Theories: functionalism --David Mitrany, A Working Peace System, 1943 --Ernst Haas, Beyond the Nation-State,

Globalization, Human Rights & Sustainable Development • • • •

India: >1,000,000 grass-roots organizations Russia: . 65,000 since 1991 WWF/WFN: 5,000,000 members Amnesty Int’l & FOE: each >1,000,000 members • Greenpeace: 2,500,000 members • International civil society and governance

Stanford-only resources •Selected full-text databases” --JSTOR --Annual Reviews, --Project Muse --Academic Universe --Policy File --CIAO --SourceOECD

Stanford-only resources (cont’d) Selected citation indexes

• --Illumina (PAIS International, Sociological Abstracts, World Political Science Abstracts, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt) • EBSCO (Academic Source Premier, EconLit, Environmental Issues & Policy Index, Agricola) • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) • African Studies Database • Women’s Resources International or Contemporary Women's Issues

Stanford-only Resources (cont.) • Official Publications and Documents indexes --international: AccessUN , AccessUNDP --United States: Congressional Universe, Statistical Universe

Beyond Stanford-only sources: WWW • UN DPI ----UN DESA/NGO Section Home Page •   UN Directory of NGOs • Human Rights and Humanitarian links -http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/ngolinks.html --http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts1.htm --UN ReliefWeb --http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

Beyond Stanford-only sources:WWW (cont.)

Nonprofit and Non-Governmental Organizations by Regio   World Bank Poverty web: NGOs   WWW Virtual Library…NGOs One World organization  

Beyond Stanford-only sources: WWW Sustainable Development

   Sustainable development NGOs

•Sustainable development links http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/sustainlinks NGOs at UN Commission for Sustainable Development http://www.igc.apc.org/habitat/csdngo/index.html  

Beyond Stanford-only sources: WWW

• Global Policy Forum NGO sites -http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/research.htm --http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/index.htm -http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/resource/bibliog.htm   • Conference of NGOs (CONGO) --http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php • UN NGO Liaison system --http://www.un-ngls.org/index.html

Beyond Stanford-only sources: Examples of WWW Country-specific sites • Palestine --Palestinian NGO Network • East Timor --

FONGTIL - THE EAST TIMOR NGO FORUM

• South Africa --SANGONeT • Guyana --NGO Forum of Guyana