Influence of Uruguay’s recent pioneering laws and the Latin American discourse: perspective from norms advocacy

This research studies the regional influence Small States can achieve through norms promotion. Scandinavian states are already recognized by the literature as increasing their influence in the European Union using a strategy of norms advocacy. The present research evaluates whether Uruguay plays the same role in Latin America as Scandinavian countries in the European Union. For that purpose, the study reviews the influence of three Uruguayan recent polemical laws, namely the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and cannabis, on the Latin American discourse. This research finds that Uruguay actually became a norm entrepreneur within Latin America and that, consequently, its role and importance in the region increased.

Grantor dc:publisher

SPbGU - Saint-Petersburg State University

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Dethier, Fanny

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jeifets, Victor

• norm advocacy
• norm promotion
• small state
• Uruguay
• Law, criminology & political science
• Political science, public administration & international relations
• Droit, criminologie & sciences politiques
• Sciences politiques, administration publique & relations internationales

Statement dc:rights

• restricted access
• info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Licence

• http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

info:hdl:2268/229712

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/229712