Irish Times coverage of Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations, legitimacy and accountability, 1994-2009: analysis and implications for the role of nongovernmental organisations

Hughes, Marguerite

Irish Times coverage of Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations, legitimacy and accountability, 1994-2009: analysis and implications for the role of nongovernmental organisations

dc.contributor.advisor	O'Donovan, Orla
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, Marguerite
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-21T10:14:02Z
dc.date.available	2013-07-16T21:06:33Z
dc.date.issued	2012-02
dc.date.submitted	2012-02
dc.description.abstract	The overall aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which and ways in which Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) were linked with the concepts of legitimacy and accountability in Irish Times newspaper coverage between 1994 and 2009. This research was based on a quantitative content analysis of 215 Irish Times articles and the results were analysed using statistical methods. Key findings of the research included that NGO accountability received significantly more coverage than NGO legitimacy, "principal-agent" approaches to NGO accountability received significantly more coverage than "stakeholder" approaches to NGO accountability, and questioning of NGOs based on either their accountability or legitimacy was very limited. It is suggested that these findings may indicate both a failure by Irish NGOs to promote "development literacy" and global solidarity among the Irish public, and a limited degree of "development literacy" and global solidarity among the Irish public.	en
dc.description.status	Not peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Hughes, M. 2012. Irish Times coverage of Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations, legitimacy and accountability, 1994-2009: analysis and implications for the role of nongovernmental organisations. DSocSc Thesis, University College Cork.	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/523
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.rights	© 2012, Marguerite Hughes	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Nongovernmental organisations	en
dc.subject	Legitimacy	en
dc.subject	Accountability	en
dc.subject	Quantitative content analysis	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Non-governmental organizations--Ireland	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Social sciences--Methodology	en
dc.title	Irish Times coverage of Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations, legitimacy and accountability, 1994-2009: analysis and implications for the role of nongovernmental organisations	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en
dc.type.qualificationname	D.SocSc	en