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Abstract Signals Without Borders: The Conditional Impact of INGOs By Amanda M. Murdie

Do international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) matter? Further, under what conditions are INGOs able to impact policy human rights and development outcomes? According to much of the extant International Relations literature, INGOs are assumed to be purely principled or altruistic actors, existing only to solve the world's problems. This is a strong assumption, as many in International Relations assume that all actors are self-interested and strategic. My dissertation builds a formal theory which relaxes this assumption, and allows INGOs to have varying preferences,including preferences for rent-seeking and international donations. Formal game- theoretic models allow me to investigate how the existence of heterogeneous types of INGOs complicates the interactions of INGOs with sub-state and international actors and, thus, conditions the likelihood of INGO-induced policy and behavior outcomes.

Solutions to the formal models provide a variety of novel and testable hypotheses relating to both when sub-state and international actors are most likely to support INGOs and when INGOs are most likely to affect policy and behavior outcomes. Based on the implications of these formal models, I conduct a series of statistical tests using new data on the activities and permanent locations of human rights and development INGOs.

The findings of this project highlight both the power and the shortcomings of INGOs, implying that a realistic look at the potential and motivations of INGOs is necessary for improvements in human rights and development. I conclude the project with policy recommendations for aid foundations, donor governments, and target or host governments, as well as providing policy recommendations for INGOs themselves.

Table of Contents

Contents i List of Figures iv List of Tables v 1 Introduction 1 2 INGOs in World Politics 9 3 Modeling Service INGOs 39 4 Modeling Advocacy INGOs 73 5 The Impact of Service INGOs: Development INGOs 126 6 The Impact of Advocacy INGOs: Human Rights INGOs 172 7 Conclusion 230 Bibliography 238

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Political Science
Degree	PhD
Submission	Dissertation
Language	English
Research Field	Political Science, International Law and Relations Political Science, General
Stichwort	INGO, international non-governmental organizations, human rights, development
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Reiter, Dan, Emory University
Committee Members	Boli, John E, Emory University Davis III, David, Emory University Carrubba, Clifford, Emory University

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