Being an NGO in the OECD

Abstract

This chapter argued that national non-governmental organizations(NGO) regulations document the rules for international non-governmental organizations (INGO) behavior in a given country, providing both constraints on behavior and opportunities for resources and participation in political and social process and it examines the evolution of national NGO regulations, in particular the process by which regulations are made and the participation of NGOs in the making of national regulations, over time in three archetypal cases of common law, United States, corporatism, Japan, and a recent democratic transition, Poland. The empirical analysis of cross-national data on national NGO regulations within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and it argues national NGO regulations are an important point of contention for NGOs and states, and thus that analyzing these regulations can provide a meaningful window into the construction of NGOs and practices of NGO.