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NGO s, IO s, and the ICC : Diagnosing and Framing Darfur
Author(s) -
Zacher Meghan,
Brehm Hollie Nyseth,
Savelsberg Joachim J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12068
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , amnesty , politics , criminal court , psychological intervention , political science , law , sociology , political action , collective action , public relations , political economy , public administration , international law , engineering , psychology , structural engineering , psychiatry
Nongovernmental organizations ( NGO s) have become influential forces in global society. They exert their influence in part by framing issues and thereby suggesting particular courses of action. This article examines how NGO s with distinct missions represent mass violence for the case of Darfur. Content analysis of reports, speeches, and other documents from Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and Save Darfur reveals distinct patterns across organizations. In addition to the organizations' specialized fields, interventions by external actors such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court affect NGO framing, but they do so in organization‐specific ways. Against presumptions of a uniform Western position on Darfur, this analysis documents that depictions of violence by Western NGO s show field‐specific patterns and distinct responses to international political and judicial interventions.