A Narrative construction of the organization by an external party: The nongovernmental organization narrative by the United Nations.

The focus of this paper is the narrative construction of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) by the United Nations. How the NGO is conceptualized and communicated by a legitimate institution like the UN is critical for both the sustainability of NGOs and the social benefit created by them. This i...

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Publicado en:TAMARA: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science Vol. 7; no. 1/2; pp. 111 - 126
Autor principal: Topal, Cagri
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: TAMARA: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science 2008
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      ab: The focus of this paper is the narrative construction of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) by the United Nations. How the NGO is conceptualized and communicated by a legitimate institution like the UN is critical for both the sustainability of NGOs and the social benefit created by them. This is because the allocation of resources to NGOs is directly affected by the understanding of what an NGO is. The data come from the 20 speeches of the 54th annual conference (2001) titled as ‘NGOs today: Diversity of the Volunteer Experience’ at the UN headquarters. The results of the study are derived from a critical reading of these 20 narratives. This is a procedure of reading the texts several times, back and forth. Through a participative process, the UN narratively constructs NGOs in terms of volunteerism, diversity, civil society, cooperation with governments, global problems, professionalism, and youth involvement. A preliminary theory of participative narrative construction is outlined. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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