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The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Governance

The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Governance Book Reviews The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Gov- ernance. Balboa, Cristina M. 2018. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Craig N. Murphy Wellesley College The Paradox of Scale is an interesting exercise in theory building. It uses three case studies of environmental NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region to develop an expla- nation of why global-level NGOs often have trouble operating successful and legitimate programs at the local level and why successful and legitimate local NGOs often have so much difficulty scaling up. Balboa’s three cases are all recent, somewhat unsuccessful, habitat and ma- rine species conservation efforts. The first involves Conservation International’s (CI) local-level work in the least-populated province of Papua New Guinea. The second considers the attempt to expand an innovative local Philippine project initiated by an American ornamental fish hobbyist. The project initially encour- aged sustainable and humane fishing practices at a number of sites in the one country, and successfully expanded to other countries in the region and even beyond, but collapsed when USAID funding, upon which it had become depen- dent, was severely delayed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The third looks at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Global Environmental Politics MIT Press

The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Governance

Global Environmental Politics , Volume 20 (2): 3 – May 1, 2020

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MIT Press
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© 2020 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1526-3800
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1536-0091
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10.1162/glep_r_00551
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Book Reviews The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Gov- ernance. Balboa, Cristina M. 2018. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Craig N. Murphy Wellesley College The Paradox of Scale is an interesting exercise in theory building. It uses three case studies of environmental NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region to develop an expla- nation of why global-level NGOs often have trouble operating successful and legitimate programs at the local level and why successful and legitimate local NGOs often have so much difficulty scaling up. Balboa’s three cases are all recent, somewhat unsuccessful, habitat and ma- rine species conservation efforts. The first involves Conservation International’s (CI) local-level work in the least-populated province of Papua New Guinea. The second considers the attempt to expand an innovative local Philippine project initiated by an American ornamental fish hobbyist. The project initially encour- aged sustainable and humane fishing practices at a number of sites in the one country, and successfully expanded to other countries in the region and even beyond, but collapsed when USAID funding, upon which it had become depen- dent, was severely delayed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The third looks at

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Global Environmental PoliticsMIT Press

Published: May 1, 2020

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