Author : Karisa Cloward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190274924
When Norms Collide by Karisa Cloward Pdf
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 behaviour, 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.