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O'Donovan, Orla Hughes, Marguerite 2012-02-21T10:14:02Z 2013-07-16T21:06:33Z 2012-02 2012-02 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. Not peer reviewed Accepted Version application/pdf Hughes, M. 2012.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. https://hdl.handle.net/10468/523 en University College Cork © 2012, Marguerite Hughes http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Nongovernmental organisations Legitimacy Accountability Quantitative content analysis Non-governmental organizations--Ireland Social sciences--Methodology Irish Times coverage of Irish relief and development nongovernmental organisations, legitimacy and accountability, 1994-2009: analysis and implications for the role of nongovernmental organisations Doctoral thesis Doctoral D.SocScinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess