Essays about: "transnational advocacy networks"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the words transnational advocacy networks.

  1. 11. On the Transnational Interaction Between Nationalist and Cosmopolitan Actors - The West Papua Example

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jens Bölling; Alice Johansson; [2006]
    Keywords : transnational advocacy networks; framing; cosmopolitanism; nationalism; West Papua; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As a reaction to the failing decolonization process in West Papua, Indonesia, in the 1960s, a domestic movement was created that demanded their right to an independent nation. In the decades to come, a transnational solidarity network responded to, and developed around, the West Papuan resistance. READ MORE

  2. 12. Refugees and the European Union- A study of the discrepancy between the asylum policies of the European Union and the human rights norm of the Geneva Refugee Convention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlotta Linebäck; [2005]
    Keywords : norm implementation; the Geneva Convention; the European Union; transnational advocacy networks; the spiral-model of human rights change; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the late 1990s, the member states of the European Union decided to establish a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), in order to enhance refugee protection. However, the emerging common asylum policies have been deeply criticized for breaching international norms and principles. READ MORE

  3. 13. NGO involvement in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972. Interrelations Between Intergovernmental Discourse Framing and Activist Influence.

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Peter Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Political science; frames of understanding; paradigms; environmental understanding; UNCHE; UN conference on the human environment; interrelations; discourse framing; activist; Stockholm conference; perception; power relations; frame-setting; NGO; social movements; Manuel Castells; transnational advocacy; third world; Chossudovsky; political actors; only one earth; networks; PowWow; Hamilton conference; Environmental Forum; Peoples Forum; Garrett Harding; Barry Commoner; UNEP; ecocide in Indochina; sustainable development; globalization; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 has been recognized as bringing political attention to environmental problems. Researchers have acknowledged the importance of NGO activities during the conference, initiating a trend of engagement of NGOs in official global meetings. READ MORE