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When Norms Collide
When Norms Collide
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In When Norms Collide, Karisa Cloward presents a theoretical framework for understanding the range of local-level responses to international norm promotion, and applies this framework to the issues of female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage. Cloward argues that, conditional on exposure to an international normative message, individuals can decide to change their attitudes, their actual behavior, and the public image they present to international and local audiences. She finds that the impact of transnational activism on individual decision-making substantially depends on the salience of the international and local norms to their respective proponents, as well as on community-level factors such as the density of NGO activity and the availability of an exit option from the local norm. She further finds that there are both social and temporal dimensions to the diffusion of international norms across individuals and through communities. Cloward evaluates the theory by examining changes in the patterns of FGM and early marriage among the Maasai and Samburu in Kenya, using a mixed-method empirical strategy that includes qualitative interviews and an original representative survey with a randomized experimental component.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
332
Release Date:
2016-03-02
Publication Date:
2009-12-01
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0190274913
ISBN13:
9780190274917
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Weight:
663 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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