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How the Internet can Help Solve the Problem of Lack of Mechanisms to Ensure Legitimacy and Accountability of Civil Society Organizations

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 The work of civil society organizations (CSOs) in advocating causes was traditionally linked to the resources it had at its avail. Large, resource-rich organizations could afford to have press and public relations offices staffed by professional journalists and they use their contacts to gain access to mainstream media. The Internet has changed the dynamics of international social movements and civil society advocacy. Now, virtually anyone with internet access is able to promote a cause. The emergence of this “virtual” constellation of CSOs that do most of their work through the internet has sharpened the concerns for the checks on the accountability of CSOs. Where it becomes easy to participate in the symphony of voices calling for change, it becomes difficult to set apart the groups that are genuinely advocating change and those groups that simply seek to obtain donor funds and not truly pursue their avowed objectives. This problem of demanding meaningful accountability from CSOs is especially difficult because of the lack of any effective mechanisms to check their efforts. However, the tools with which to investigate the legitimacy and demand accountability from CSOs may lie in internet-based tools as well. I seek to show that even if prominence of a CSO through the internet is traditionally considered desirable, whether for increased donor access or public awareness of its cause, this may not be beneficial to certain NGOs who wish to conceal certain matters from public knowledge, and the penalizing effect of this lessened access due to lack of prominence in the internet helps to assure that only the more legitimate and accountable CSOs have access to donors and public awareness.
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 Everyone, thanks for your comments. I have revised the paper as of 23 Jan 2010, so the comments above may no longer address the current version.

-- AllanOng - 23 Jan 2010

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I think this was an effective revision. But surely you are aware that you are now just under 1500 words, and must cut by a third. You solved your problems without taking a hard look at the sentences and the paragraphs to remove waste. About a quarter will come out easily. The remainder will require a little more willingness to sacrifice.
 
 
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