The diffusion of policy norms to international organizations: the protection of civilians and public information in UN peacekeeping operations

Diplôme Thèse The diffusion of policy norms to international organizations: the protection of civilians and public information in UN peacekeeping operations eng 2014-11-11 author Oksamytna Kseniya 760691 director Schwok René 0000-0001-6536-3601 28948 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:55645 urn:nbn:ch:unige-556450 SES 871 The debate on whether member states or bureaucrats have the upper hand in determining international organizations' behavior masks the complex reality in which states, officials, independent experts and civil society actors enter into discussions or negotiations about what is appropriate for a certain organization. In order to provide a more nuanced account of this reality, the dissertation applies the norm diffusion framework to explaining the evolution of aspects of UN peacekeeping policy and practice in the post-Cold War period. It looks at the policy norms prescribing missions to afford protection to civilians under imminent threat of physical violence and develop public information campaigns for the local population. The dissertation theorizes four diffusion mechanisms, which can operate in two modes, and five categories of scope conditions, which affect the functioning of each mechanism and mode. The study has contributed to the literatures on norm diffusion, international organizations, and UN peacekeeping. Norm Diffusion International Organizations United Nations Peacekeeping Dewey 320 Autre Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA), European Union Autre Fondation Ernst et Lucie Schmidheiny 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 false 1ff6699e-f408-4582-80ec-32c8dac6722a Thesis Private Kseniya Oksamytna PhD Dissertation.pdf 1958708 application/pdf ea940dc1a7ae09e5669db9d1a226abaa4589112567bf1b674d56a185a9cf2df6 closedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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