How can nonprofit organizations and NGOs demonstrate to resource providers, regulators and stakeholders that they are using their funds appropriately and delivering on their promises? This volume examines the emergence, design and effectiveness of accountability clubs as standard-setting...

It is often claimed that the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can mitigate the democratic deficit of the European Union. This claim rests on the assumption that civil society organizations channel citizens' concerns to the European institutions, a view which is also shared by...