Essays about: "Norm internalization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Norm internalization.
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1. Liberal democracy from beneath? A study of norm internalization in post-war Liberia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Research on norm internalization and local ownership in peace processes has not often been combined in peace and conflict studies. This paper sets out to see on the one hand, to what degree liberal democratic norms has spread in Liberia since the ending of the civil war, and on the other hand, if the peace process, –characterized by hybridity – could explain the norm internalization process. READ MORE
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2. Sexual Violence in South Africa : Religious leaders as local norm entrepreneurs
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Sexual violence against women is a broad and serious problem all over the world, but South Africa is one of the countries that stand out with their high statistics, where women are mostly targeted and exposed to this violation. At the same time, there are many women’s and human right’s organisations in South Africa working to address sexual violence and support survivors and fighting for equality between men and women. READ MORE
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3. The Effectiveness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child : Examined through a legal assessment of Ghana’s implementation of Article 35 concerning Child Trafficking.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine to what extent the Convention on the Rights of the Child may be regarded as an effective instrument for a state’s aim to abolish child trafficking. An underlying aim is to examine what factors make a convention effective in general. READ MORE
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4. A Native Speaker Norm Approach vs. an Intercultural Approach in the English K-3 classroom in Sweden
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : In a world that is becoming more cosmopolitan, pedagogical approaches, particularly those that focus on diversity of cultures, have become paramount. As a result, this study attempts to gain insight into what pedagogical approaches K-3 teachers in Sweden use during their English lessons, and whether these approaches are more native speaker or interculturally focused and why that is. READ MORE
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5. Light Weapons - Heavy Problems : A study on the impact of international treaties on domestic security
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Not enough focus has been put on causes of security in previous research; this thesis contributes by addressing this gap by exploring the potential impacts of international measures on domestic security, and aims to answer the research question: How can international treaties exert an impact on domestic security? The level of security prior to ratification of a UN’ treaty aiming to increase security by addressing the proliferation of illicit firearms; the Firearms Protocol, is compared to five years after ratification, to explore whether the hypothesis in this thesis finds any support: a state which has ratified the Firearms Protocol should have experienced an increase in security domestically. The argument is that international treaties exert an impact on domestic security through norm internalization in two steps; elite transformation and domestic empowerment. READ MORE
