The emergence of NGOs as actors on the world stage / Norbert Götz -- NGOs' interactions with states / Sarah S. Stroup -- Ngos in global governance / Molly Ruhlman -- Transnational non-state politics / Thomas Davies -- Constituting NGOs / William E. DeMars and Dennis Dijkzeul -- Rationalist explanations for NGOs / Youngwan Kim -- Ngos and post-positivism : two likely friends? / Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrea Schneiker -- NGOs in constructivist international relations theory / Christopher Marc Lilyblad -- The aesthetic politics of NGOs / Holly Eva Ryan -- NGOs and social movement theory / Clare Saunders and Silke Roth -- International NGOs in development studies / Helen Yanacopulos -- NGOs and management studies / David Lewis -- NGOs in international law : reconsidering personality and participation (again) / Math Noortmann -- Voluntaristics : global research on NGOs and the non-profit sector / David Horton Smith -- Primary data on NGOs : pushing the bounds of present possibilities / Elizabeth Bloodgood -- Feminist politics and ngo mobilization : can NGOs degender global governance? / Paulina García-Del Moral, Di Wang, and Myra Marx Ferree -- NGOs and labour / Bob Reinalda -- NGOs and human rights / Marc Polizzi and Amanda Murdie -- Humanitarian NGOs / Silke Roth -- Five generations of NGOs in education : from humanitarianism to global capitalism / Will Brehm and Iveta Silova -- The roles of the citizen sector in health and public health / Paul Gaist and Victoria Chau -- NGOs and peace / Margarita H. Petrova -- NGOs and the environment / Naghmeh Nasiritousi -- Civil society, expert communities, and private standards / Alejandro M. Peña -- An uncomfortable relationship : NGOs, trade associations, and the development of industry self-regulation / Jonathan Doh, Tazeeb Rajwani, and Thomas Lawton -- NGOs and global trade / Erin Hannah and James Scott -- NGOs and professions / Raquel Rego -- Religiously affiliated NGOs / Karsten Lehmann -- Transnational NGOs in the United States / George E. Mitchell -- NGOs in the European Union / Matthias Freise -- The non-profit sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / David Horton Smith, Alisa V. Moldavanova, and Svitlana Krasynska -- NGOs in East and Southeast Asia / Lei Xie and Joshua Garland -- NGOs, democracy and development in Latin America / Inés M. Pousadela -- Civil societies and NGOs in the Middle East and North Africa : the cases of Egypt and Tunisia / Sarah Ben Néfissa -- NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa : potentials, constraints and diverging experiences / Hans Holmén -- NGOs in South Asia / Patrick Kilby -- Democracy and NGOs / Sarah Sunn Bush -- NGOs and authoritarianism / Andrew Heiss -- NGOs and security in conflict zones / Daniela Irrera -- NGOs and the challenge of global terrorism / Omi Hodwitz -- International ngo legitimacy : challenges and responses / Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre and Hans Peter Schmitz -- NGO accountability / Angela Crack.