From policy to practice
How Nato joined forces with NGOs for the protection of civilians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8912115 |
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| Authors | Daphné Charotte (0000-0001-9914-3682, corresponding author), Francesca Colli (0000-0003-0308-7933), Yf Reykers (0000-0002-0080-1815) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00108367241288082 |
| OpenAlex | W4404251294 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) active cooperation with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the protection of civilians (PoC) challenges the academic assumption that NATO’s decision-making structures are generally closed to civil society participation. What explains the decision of NATO officials to work with NGOs when developing a Policy for the PoC, and how did this cooperation take place? Combining insights from resource dependency and organisational learning theories, we explore whether and how concerns about public legitimacy and operational effectiveness can explain that NATO engaged with NGOs during its learning process on PoC. Methodologically, we combine data from 26 interviews with NATO officials and NGO representatives with a document analysis of 648 NATO publications. Our analysis shows that NATO’s collaboration with NGOs in the adoption of a PoC policy was very much a bottom-up process. Military commanders began engaging with NGOs on the ground during NATO’s International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan (2001–2014). NGOs then gradually gained access to the formulation and institutionalisation of the PoC policy. While legitimacy concerns triggered NATO’s initial cooperation with NGOs, effectiveness concerns related to policy implementation facilitated stronger cooperation once the process was underway
Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
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Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance
The Opening Up of International Organizations
Informal governance in world politics
The global governance complexity cube
Foreign Policy Analysis
Civil Society at the United Nations Through the Lens of Organizational Sociology
Learning in European Union peacebuilding
Organisational learning during the Donbas War
The military as a learning organisation
Professionalised representation of human rights NGOs to the United Nations
Empire Lite Revisited
Reconstructing World Politics
The social legitimacy of international organisations
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Pragmatism over principle
Learning to deploy civilian capabilities
Challenging civil society perceptions of Nato
Activists beyond borders
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Transparency of Intergovernmental Organizations
Information Politics Versus Organizational Incentives
Framing Issues and Seizing Opportunities
A View from the Top
Civil Society and Democratically Accountable Global Governance
Bounded altruism
NGO Influence in International Organizations
Divided Partners
Military Intervention and the Humanitarian “Force Multiplier
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