TY - BOOK AU - Heyse,Liesbet ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Choosing the lesser evil: understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs T2 - Non-state actors in international law, politics, and governance series AV - HV553 .H49 2006eb U1 - 361.2/60684 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Médecins sans frontières (Association) KW - Holland KW - Action by Churches Together (Organization) KW - Netherlands KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Decision making KW - Case studies KW - Non-governmental organizations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes; Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects -- Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior -- Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective -- Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior -- Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features -- Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern -- Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns -- From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa -- The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features -- Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern -- Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns -- Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results -- A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization -- Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10211301 ER -