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Margaret P. Karns
Professor of Political Science, Univesrity of Dayton, Ohio. Coauthor of The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era and International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance.
Margaret P. Karns
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nongovernmental organization (NGO), voluntary group of individuals or organizations, usually not affiliated with any government, that is formed to provide services or to advocate a public policy. Although some NGOs are for-profit corporations, the vast majority are nonprofit organizations. Some NGOs, particularly those based in authoritarian countries, may be created or controlled by governments. By most definitions, political parties and criminal or violent guerrilla organizations are not considered NGOs. The issues addressed by NGOs run the gamut of human concerns (e.g., human rights, environmental protection, disaster relief, and development assistance), and the scope of their activities may be local, national, ...(100 of 924 words)

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