pushed inner-circle NGOs to practice downward accountability to sustain their legitimacy. In turn, horizontal pressure among …This paper examines the conditions that foster downward accountability among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). To … do so, I compare how NGOs responded in an unusual case where, from 1999–2003, the Zapatista Movement demanded more say …

legitimate law, but they might narrow the legitimacy gapbetween the ongoing process of transnational social regulation and …