Table of contents - Special Issue: NGO accountability
Guest Editors: Jeffrey Unerman, Brendan O'Dwyer
On James Bond and the importance of NGO accountability
Jeffrey Unerman, Brendan O'DwyerThe purpose of this paper is to set out key issues in the academic study of non‐governmental organisation (NGO) accountability, and to introduce papers appearing in this special…
NGOs, civil society and accountability: making the people accountable to capital
Rob Gray, Jan Bebbington, David CollisonThe purpose of this research is to seek to understand and explain the non‐governmental organisation (NGO) and its location in civil society in order to provide a basis for future…
Theorising accountability for NGO advocacy
Jeffrey Unerman, Brendan O'DwyerThe purpose of this paper is to develop a staged theoretical argument regarding whether non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) can be considered responsible and accountable for the…
Accounting and navigating legitimacy in Tanzanian NGOs
Andrew Goddard, Mussa Juma AssadThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of accounting in non‐governmental organisations (NGOs). It seeks to understand accounting processes and reporting…
Microfinance: accountability from the grassroots
Rob Dixon, John Ritchie, Juliana SiwaleThe purpose of this research is to use an accountability framework to explain the emerging tensions in accountability and how an intended bottom‐up approach became progressively…
In pursuit of global regulation: Changing governance and accountability structures at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
Anne Loft, Christopher Humphrey, Stuart TurleyIFAC, a Swiss‐registered non‐governmental organization, is emerging as an important international (auditing) standard setter amongst a powerful group of regulators, including the…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof James Guthrie
- Prof Lee Parker