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Voluntary Regulation of NGOs and Nonprofits:
An Accountability Club Framework

Edited by
Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash
University of Washington

Cambridge University Press, 2010
http://www.cup.es/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521763142


How can nonprofit organizations and NGOs demonstrate accountability to
stakeholders and show that they are using funds appropriately and delivering on
their promises? Many nonprofit stakeholders, including funders and regulators,
have few opportunities to observe nonprofit internal management and policies.
Such information deficits make it difficult for principals to differentiate
credible nonprofits from less credible ones. This volume examines a key
instrument employed by nonprofits to respond to these challenges: voluntary
accountability clubs. These clubs are voluntary, rule-based governance systems
created and sponsored by nongovernmental actors. By participating in
accountability clubs, nonprofits agree to abide by certain rules regarding
internal governance in order to send a signal of quality to key principals.
Nonprofit voluntary programs are relatively new but are spreading rapidly
across the globe. This book investigates how the emergence, design, and success
of such initiatives vary across a range of sectors and institutional contexts
in the United States, the Netherlands, Africa, and Central Europe.


Contents

The Club Framework:
1. Voluntary regulation of NGOs and nonprofits: an introduction to the club
framework
Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash


Part I. Club Emergence

2. Filling the gaps in nonprofit accountability: applying the club perspective
in the US legal system
Dana Brakman Reiser

3. Trends and patterns in third-party accreditation clubs
Woods Bowman

4. Self-regulation at the state level: nonprofit membership associations and
club emergence
Mary Tschirhart


Part II. Club Sponsorship and Club Design

5. Nonprofit infrastructure associations as reluctant clubs
Dennis R. Young

6. Foundation accountability clubs and the search for philanthropic standards
Peter Frumkin

7. Do self-regulation clubs work? Some evidence from Europe and some caveats
from economic theory
Andreas Ortmann and Katarina Svtkov

8. NGO accountability clubs in the humanitarian sector: social dimensions
of club emergence and design
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre


Part III. Club Design and Effectiveness

9. The impact of sponsorship on club standards and design
Angela Bies

10. The emergence and design of NGO clubs in Africa
Mary Kay Gugerty

11. The benefits of accreditation clubs for fundraising nonprofits
Rene Bekkers


Future Research and Conclusions:

12. Conclusions: nonprofit accountability clubs
Aseem Prakash and Mary Kay Gugerty



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Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences
39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3530

206-543-2399
206-685-2146 (fax)
aseem@uw.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/

With apologies for cross postings.

We are delighted to announce the publication of the Routledge
Companion to International HRM edited by David Collings, Geoff Wood
and Paula Caligiuri. The volume brings together some of the leading
contributors to the field and we hope you will agree represents an
important collection of chapters.

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415636049/

Some pre-publication reviews of the volume

‘If you are interested in international HRM, this edited volume has it
all: macro foundations and broad perspectives on the field, as well as
comprehensive treatments of a wide variety of key issues, from
managing the people side of global organizations to managing global
mobility and the competitive landscape. Looking back, looking forward,
researchers and practitioners alike will find a wealth of valuable
information to deepen and enrich their understanding of the field.’ -

Wayne F. Cascio, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado, USA

‘These three distinguished professors in international human resource
management have crafted an excellent set of chapters prepared by an
outstanding collection of authors from every corner of the world! The
editors and chapter authors do a terrific job in providing an
excellent review of their specific topics and suggesting directions
for further work. The result is a splendid and unique contribution to
the field of international human resource management, one sure to be
enjoyed and utilized by faculty, students and practitioners
everywhere.’

- Randall S. Schuler, Distinguished Professor, Strategic
International Human Resource Management, Rutgers University, USA

‘This is an excellent, comprehensive and thoughtful book with a strong
cast of authors which will be valuable to both generalist and
specialist readers.’ -

Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith
University, Australia

‘This is a much needed and timely book and a must-read for academics
and students in the field. It not only assembles the authoritative
voices in the text it also frames IHRM in a new and insightful way. In
particular, the topics addressed in the final section indicate the
major issues of current research and practice in IHRM which are
important for its future development.’ –

Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna University of
Economics and Business, Austria

With kind regard

Dave, Geoff and Paula


_____________________________________________________________________
Professor David Collings
Professor of Human Resource Management
Senior Editor, Journal of World Business
Editor in Chief, Human Resource Management Journal
DCU Business School
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
Tel. +35317006937
Email. david.collings@dcu.ie

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