Essays about: "transnational advocacy"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words transnational advocacy.
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6. ACCESSING MICROFINANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY : A Case Study of Hand in Hand Eastern Africa’s Operations in Kenya
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : In 2015, United Nations implemented seventeen Sustainable Development Goals along with 169 sub-targets with the ambition to transform the world through achieving sustainable development and, hence annihilate poverty. In light of the foregoing, both authoritative and non-governmental entities accentuated the significance of ‘financial inclusion’ which, in turn, has developed into an evangelical advocacy reminiscent of the extensive publicity that microfinance received at the end of last century which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented passion among philanthrocapitalists, transnational corporations, and other benefactors to financially and socially assist the impoverished. READ MORE
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7. Securitisation as a Norm-Setting Framing in The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Since 2009, International Relations scholars have researched the role of big advocacy groups in giving access to the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). To further these studies, the focus of this thesis is on the progress of negotiations for the 6-year period since the issue has been adopted, asking the question – How has the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots chosen to frame lethal autonomous weapons systems, and how successful has that framing been for the period of 2013 to 2019? I argue that advocates undertook a normative securitisation process to frame the existential threat lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) pose to human beings. READ MORE
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8. United Nations’ Naming and Shaming of Children’s Rights Abusers in Conflict: A Critical Assessment
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Naming and shaming is a widely used strategy by the transnational advocacy network (TAN) to prevent human rights abuses and increase compliance to international humanitarian law (IHL). However, existing research demonstrates controversial results about the efficacy of naming and shaming as a method to increase compliance to IHL. READ MORE
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9. Antibiotic resistance and the global response : An analysis of political frames
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : With regards to the potential severity of increased antibiotic resistance around the world it is puzzling that the global response to this issue has not been more comprehensive. In this thesis I will examine the political frames on ABR formulated by the global network ReAct in an attempt to understand why this is the case. READ MORE
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10. In the Pursuit of Influence : A Study of Transnational Advocacy Networks' Legitimacy Efforts
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : As organized global actors, transnational advocacy networks (TANs) are an emerging way of people getting their voice heard and to make a change in global governance. Influencing policy-makers through advocacy has an identified connection to the legitimacy of the organization where the general assumption is that a higher legitimacy facilitates influence. READ MORE
