Essays about: "normative theory in IR"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words normative theory in IR.

  1. 1. The Interplay Between the Agency of Civil Society Organizations and Foreign Aid : What does Analyzing the Agency of Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon Reveal About the Possibilities for Transforming the Hegemonic Relationships Within Foreign Aid?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Mohamad Aljounde; [2023]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Aid; civil society; International organizations; Lebanon; MENA;

    Abstract : The flow of political aid into civil society organizations has sparked extensive debates and controversies surrounding the impact of foreign aid on the efficacy of said organizations in recipient countries. These discussions explore foreign aid through theoretical and empirical lenses, investigating its implications on global, regional, and national levels of analysis. READ MORE

  2. 2. Beyond Conflict : NATO's Just Securitization of Russia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Signe Prip Bruun; [2023]
    Keywords : Threat perception; securitization; JST; social constructivism; international security; NATO-Russia relations; identity;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the ethical implications of NATO securitizing Russia without being in direct warfare,seeking to contribute to the debate of the integration of ethics into IR. This thesis contributes to that argument by integrating ethical dimensions of normative character through Floyd's Just Security Theory (JST) within the framework of social constructivism to develop new theoretical insights. READ MORE

  3. 3. Decolonising Digital Design in Humanitarian Governance : A Case Study of the UNHCR’s Intervention in the Rohingya Refugee Emergency

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    Author : Symone McCollin-Norris; [2022]
    Keywords : digitalisation; digital design; humanitarian governance; refugee management; public policy analysis; problem-questioning; UNHCR; Post Colonialism;

    Abstract : The impacts and influences of globalised digitalisation has increased its presence within the political structures of both international economic and international security regimes, and the rise of e-governance systems and digital security technology has probed IR scholarship to study this policy shift from traditional forms of governance to digital ones. Less considered here is how digitalisation has been extended to the international humanitarian governance regime. READ MORE

  4. 4. Mythical Horizons and Liminality: Discourses of Kosovo’s Sovereignty

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ejner Pedersen Trenter; [2020]
    Keywords : Sovereignty; Discourse; Liminality; Myth; Foreign Policy; Kosovo;

    Abstract : Despite the frequency of use amongst scholars of IR, myth remains largely a term of colloquiality. However, this paper aims to argue that as a distinct temporal and normative structure within discourse, it is a powerful tool for understanding the ways in which narratives give meaning to political phenomena, not just by describing how they are, but how they ought to be. READ MORE

  5. 5. Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy: How can a feminist approach to foreign policy be understood?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stephanie Lobos Poblete; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender; gender analysis; gender mainstreaming; feminist foreign policy; feminist IR-theory; Swedish feminist foreign policy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This purpose of this thesis is to get a further understanding of what Swedish feminist foreign policy constitutes through a critical discourse analysis. By using gender mainstreaming strategies and feminist IR-theories as a theoretical framework for analysis, key aspects from these approaches are examined within the Swedish feminist foreign policy. READ MORE