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GITA Webinar: [Book Talk] Beyond the Boomerang: Understanding NGO Advocacy in International Politics

April 26, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Description

In this talk, Pallas and Bloodgood draw on their recently published volume to revisit and update our understanding of how NGOs conduct advocacy on international issues and why advocacy networks form. They take as their point of departure Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink’s boomerang theory. Published in their 1998 book, Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, it explained how local activists and international NGOs with different capacities could achieve advocacy success by forming transnational advocacy networks. It quickly became a mainstay of the field. Since its publication, however, the empirical conditions that prompted the theory have changed. The balance of power between key actors has shifted. Northern NGOs have lost power and influence while Southern activists have developed high-capacity NGOs with the ability to undertake international advocacy on their own. The architecture of global governance has also changed, providing new avenues of access and influence for Southern voices. Pallas and Bloodgood will discuss their new theoretical framework, drawing on data from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia to develop a coherent, integrated picture of the current dynamics in global advocacy.

Contact Information

Name: Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Phone: (317) 684-2121
Email: conference@arnova.org