Agency of the Governed in the Global South - Normative and Institutional Change

This collection argues that areas of limited statehood - the lack of state capacities in most parts of the global South - provides opportunities for the governed to raise their voices and be listened to. It was originally published as an online special issue of the journal Third World Thematics.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the agency of the governed in transfer and diffusion studies Anke Draude 2. Translation in motion: a concept's journey towards norm diffusion studies Anke Draude 3. Linked in translation: international donors and local fieldworkers as translators of global norms Tobias Berger 4. Creating room for manoeuvre: domestic repertoires of action in international post-war interventions Sina Birkholz, Tilmann Scherf and Ursula C. Schroeder 5. Resistance to international democracy promotion in Morocco and Tunisia Vera van Hüllen 6. Norm appropriation through policy production: Rwanda's gender policies Jenny Lorentzen 7. Women's rights norms as content-in-motion and incomplete practice Susanne Zwingel 8. Unlocking the agency of the governed: contestation and norm dynamics Lisbeth Zimmermann, Nicole Deitelhoff and Max Lesch 9. Agency of the governed in global international relations: access to norm validation Antje Wiener

About the author

Anke Draude is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on discursive shifts and conceptual innovations in the study of governance, aid, and development in areas of limited statehood.

Summary

This collection argues that areas of limited statehood – the lack of state capacities in most parts of the global South – provides opportunities for the governed to raise their voices and be listened to. It was originally published as an online special issue of the journal Third World Thematics.

Product details

• Authors: Anke Draude, Anke (Freie Universitat Berlin Draude
• Assisted by: Anke Draude (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367663476
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66347-6
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: ThirdWorlds
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Development Studies, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government