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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"norm diffusion"”.
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International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.
… by the ‘bottom-up’ refugee perspectives and norm diffusion. Furthermore, on this basis, there are notable asymmetries between the ‘top-down’ policy development of UNHCR and the actual ‘bottom-up’ perspectives of refugees that can explain why aspects of UNHCR’s durable solutions continue to be …
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Problematising the diffusion of LGBTI rights in Africa : the case of Malawi.
… as African nation states continue to resist the diffusion of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Intersex (LGBTI) norm. This study seeks to highlight the gaps within the Norm Life Cycle model as developed by Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink by exploring the difficulties faced in …
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Au Norm Import in the European Promotion of Regional Integration in Africa
… exports open regionalism as a political norm through different mechanisms to the AU. Based on a qualitative research design with a constructivist theoretical viewpoint that regards regional organisations as interdependent political authorities, the dissertation examines the AU's …
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Understanding the background of the political and social movements supporting the United Nations
… policy, this thesis stipulates it as a popular norm supported by the Japanese public. The thesis employs the constructivist approach in understanding UN centrism as a domestic norm. Following the analytical methods employed in existing studies on norm diffusion, it identifies UN centrism is …
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Teach them to fish. Analyzing practices of security assistance in international peacekeeping training centers.
… conditions are constructed. Framing away from normative evaluations of security assistance programs, the research aims to examine the training implemented in international peacekeeping training centers in the field of peace and security. Building on the peacebuilding and norm diffusion …
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When States ‘Come Out’: The Politics Of Visibility And The Diffusion Of Sexual Minority Rights In Europe
… for the study of socio-political change and the diffusion of norms. Despite similar international pressures, why are the trajectories of socio-legal recognition for marginalized groups so different across states? This question is not answered by conventional explanations of diffusion and social …
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A critical re-appraisal of vernacularisation in the emergence and conceptualisation of community bylaws on child marriage and other harmful practices in rural Malawi
… question: how have international human rights norms for protecting women and girls from harmful practices influenced and shaped the emergence and conceptualisation of community bylaws for addressing child marriage and other harmful practices affecting women in rural Malawi? 'Community bylaws' …
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The Process of Harmonisation of the law of international commercial arbitration: Drafting and diffusion of uniform norms
… with particular reference to the drafting and diffusion of uniform rules. In the first chapter a theoretical framework is developed to investigate the effects of globalisation on law and international relations, introducing the concepts of legitimacy of global governance, epistemic communities …
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Understanding biodiversity conservation funding and the diffusion of transnational gender norms in Bhutan
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01