collective credibility of NGO advocacy requires focusing on the level of governance of NGO accountability. Based on a fundamental … conceptual distinction between a private-goods dimension and a public-goods dimension of NGO accountability, we can show that … our argument with a case study of a worldwide governance initiative in this sector, the "INGO-Accountability Charter …

legitimacy of international organizations (IOs). Globalization has led to changes in statehood which are reflected in new … international politics in that international organizations are questioned with regard to their own legitimacy. In this context … organizations (CSOs) or NGOs, in overcoming the legitimacy deficit of IOs. However, if participation of non-state actors in …