Interagency coordination during disaster : strategic choices for the UN, NGOs, and other humanitarian actors in the field

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The United Nations and global change. - Baden-Baden : Nomos, ZDB-ID 2434489-8. - Vol. 4

Zugl.: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 2010

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Purpose of the Study -- 1.2. Proceedings of the Study -- 1.3. Research Method -- 1.3.1. Research Assumptions -- 1.3.2. Case Study Approach -- 1.3.3. Theory Development -- 2. Coordination and Humanitarian Relief -- Current State of Literature -- 2.1. Overview of Major Strands in the Literature -- 2.2. Interorganizational Coordination as a Subject of Concern in the Literature on Humanitarian Relief -- 2.2.1. Individual and Group Performance Reviews -- 2.2.2. First Generation Studies -- the 1990s -- 2.2.3. Second Generation Studies -- The New Millennium and Humanitarian Reform -- 2.2.4. Preliminary Remarks -- 2.3. Main Shortcomings of Studies on Humanitarian Relief to Date -- 2.4. First Forays into Applying Lessons from Organization Science to Humanitarian Relief -- 2.5. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- 3. Trends and Actors in Global Humanitarian Action -- 3.1. Trends in Financing Humanitarian Aid -- 3.1.1. Humanitarian vs. Development Aid.

3.1.2. Donor Concentration -- 3.1.3. Bilateralization of Humanitarian Aid -- 3.2. The Humanitarian Reform Agenda and the Role of the UN -- 3.2.1. The Humanitarian Coordinator System -- 3.2.2. The Cluster Approach -- 3.2.3. The Changing Role of the Humanitarian UN Agencies -- 3.3. State Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect -- 3.4. Politicization of Humanitarian Aid -- 3.5. Overview of Main Humanitarian Actors -- 3.5.1. The Humanitarian UN Agencies -- 3.5.2. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) -- 3.5.3. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement -- 3.5.4. Governmental and Military Actors -- 3.6. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- 4. Coordination of Humanitarian Relief: A Theory-Guided Approach -- 4.1. Coordination in International Relations Theory -- 4.1.1. International Relations Theories and the Role of International Non-State Actors -- 4.1.2. Applicability of International Relations Theories to the Coordination of Humanitarian Relief -- 4.2. Interagency Coordination in Organization Theory -- 4.2.1. Coordination in Organization Theory -- A Brief Introduction.

4.2.2. Markets, Hierarchies, and Networks as Basic Organization Forms -- 4.2.3. Determinants of Network Formation -- 4.2.4. The Network as a Suitable Analytical Model for Humanitarian Relief -- 4.2.5. Shortcomings of Network Approach and Consequences for Theory Development -- 4.3. UN Coordination Revisited -- 4.4. A New Framework for Coordination -- 4.4.1. Donini Revisited -- 4.4.2. The Relevant Context of Coordination -- 4.4.3. A New Quadripartite Typology of Interagency Coordination -- 4.4.4. Sythesis -- 4.5. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- 5. Case Study: The Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur -- 5.1. Historical Background -- 5.1.1. The History of Darfur up until 2003 -- 5.1.2. The Darfur Conflict (2003-2007) -- 5.2. Record of the Humanitarian Relief Response to Date -- 5.2.1. Initial Set-up and Structure of the International Humanitarian Response -- 5.2.2. Achievements and Disappointments -- 5.3. The Relevant Context of Humanitarian Relief in Darfur -- 5.3.1. Development of Network Characteristics -- 5.3.2. Network Catalysts -- 5.3.3. Power -- 5.3.4. The Structure of Interests among Humanitarian Actors.

5.4. Coordination as Loose Alliance, Orchestrated Alliance, Lead Partnership, or Lead Agency -- 5.4.1. Network Outcomes -- 5.4.2. Internal Capacity and External Legitimacy of the Most Critical Actor(s) -- 5.4.3. Preferred vs. Actual Coordination Types -- 5.5. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- 6. Conclusions -- 6.1. Summary of Findings -- 6.2. Recommendations -- 6.2.1. General Normative Implications -- 6.2.2. Generic Actor-Specific Implications -- 6.2.3. Generic Network-Specific Implications -- 6.2.4. Improving Humanitarian Practices -- Tentative Suggestions -- 6.3. Critical Assessment -- 6.3.1. Practical Limitations -- 6.3.2. The Role of Donors in Coordination -- 6.3.3. Research Method and Scope -- 6.4. Perspectives for Future Research -- 6.4.1. Towards a Coordination Spectrum and Alternative Design Criteria -- 6.4.2. From Structural Design to Process -- 6.4.3. Donor Preferences and Coordination -- 6.4.4. Further Exploration of Organization Theory.

Diss.-Titel auf der Vortitelseite: The challenge of interagency coordination in humanitarian emergencies

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