Title: Global norms with a local face : rule-of-law promotion and norm-translation /
Authors: Zimmermann, Lisbeth,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Convention on the Rights of the Child; Convention on the Rights of the Child.; Rule of law.; International law.; Children's rights; Freedom of information; Rule of law Guatemala.; POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations General.; Children's rights; Freedom of information; International law; Rule of law; Guatemala
Abstract: "To what extent are global rule-of-law norms, which external actors promote in post-conflict states, localized? Who decides whether global standards or local particularities prevail? This book offers a new approach to the debate about how the dilemma between the diffusion of global norms and their localization is dealt with in global politics. Studying the promotion of children's rights, access to public information, and an international commission against impunity in Guatemala, Lisbeth Zimmermann demonstrates that rule-of-law promotion triggers domestic contestation and thereby changes the approach taken by external actors, and ultimately the manner in which global norms are translated. However, the leeway in local translation is determined by the precision of global norms. Based on an innovative theoretical approach and an in-depth study of rule-of-law translation, Zimmermann argues for a shift in norm promotion from context sensitivity to democratic appropriation, speaking to scholars of international relations, peacebuilding, democratization studies, international law, and political theory"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Contents; Tables; Figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: between global norms and local translation: 1.1 Shortcomings of the state of the art; 1.2 The argument: interactive norm-translation; 1.3 Design; 1.4 Making translation more democratic?; 1.5 Data collection and analysis; 1.6 Outline of the book; 2. To socialize or to localize?: 2.1 Norm socialization; asymmetric interaction; 2.2 Norm localization: local agency only; 2.3 Beyond existing norm-diffusion research; 2.4 Acknowledging the interactive element; 3. Guatemala and the international community: 3.1 External actors in war-torn Guatemala; 3.2 Guatemala today: engulfed by violence?; 3.3 A difficult relationship: domestic contestation of rule-of-law promotion; 4.^