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This book considers the promotion of the SDGs through the lens of norm diffusion theory, with a focus on three SDG policy areas; health, education and decent work. It allows readers to deepen their understanding of SDG policy diffusion mechanisms, and grasp the patterns of success and failure in the implementation of these policies.
List of contents
Section 1 Conceptual frameworks 1. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as international norms 2. Adapting and applying the 'spiral model' to the diffusion of the SDGs
Section 2 Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being (SDG3) 3. Diffusion of UHC through global health diplomacy 4. Diffusion of SRHR and local constraints: the Philippines 5. Sexuality education in Thailand: Contestation and reconciliation
Section 3 Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education (SDG4) 6. Reformulation of inclusive education: Cambodia 7. Diffusion of inclusive education in Malawi 8. Challenges for diffusing Global Citizenship Education in Japan
Section 4 Full and productive employment and decent work (SDG8) 9. Gender equality and decent work: Japan 10. Tackling forced labour in Thailand: The role of the EU and ILO 11. Diffusion of labour rights: Georgia 2003-2019 12. Mainstreaming animal welfare: The role of EU trade policy
Section 5 Conclusion 13. Norm diffusion, norm contestation and the SDGs
About the author
Paul Bacon, PhD is a tenured Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of International Research and Education, and a Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies at Waseda University, Japan. His research interests include the SDGs, human security, EU-Japan relations, NATO-Japan relations, Brexit, liberal international order, and human rights norm diffusion.
Mina Chiba,
PhD is an Assistant Professor of Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies (ORIS), Waseda University. Her major field of study is international development and human rights. Her research interests include global governance in education and health, non-cognitive skills development, and regionalization of higher education.
Frederik Ponjaert is Researcher and Lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Associate Lecturer in Comparative Regionalism at SciencesPo (IEP-Paris). His research is on comparative regionalism, with an emphasis on European and Asian realities.
Summary
This book considers the promotion of the SDGs through the lens of norm diffusion theory, with a focus on three SDG policy areas; health, education and decent work. It allows readers to deepen their understanding of SDG policy diffusion mechanisms, and grasp the patterns of success and failure in the implementation of these policies.
