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NGOs’ Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies

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Evaluating Transnational NGOs

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have become increasingly influential in international politics, particularly since the ‘world conferences’ within the framework of the United Nations (UN). Some scholars even speak about a ‘power shift’ between states and NGOs (Mathews, 1997). The still growing strand of NGO-literature within the field of international relations most often focuses on the ways in which NGOs can influence states or international organisations.

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  1. Kristina Hahn
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  1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    Jens Steffek (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Research Centre ‘Transformations of the State’, University of Bremen, Germany

    Kristina Hahn (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

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Hahn, K. (2010). NGOs’ Power of Advocacy: The Construction of Identities in UN Counter-Human Trafficking Policies. In: Steffek, J., Hahn, K. (eds) Evaluating Transnational NGOs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277984_10

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