Transnational issue-specific expert networking: A pathway to local policy change.
This article reports on key findings from a study of subnational governments in Mexico and Nigeria (O'Brien, 2013). With empirical richness of the case study method and small-n statistical analysis across the subnational units for each country, this study asks: How can we push the needle toward more progressive policy change on violence against women in developing and democratizing contexts? This study finds that issue-specific expert networking is a civic pathway to subnational policy responsiveness in Mexico and Nigeria. The dynamics of this pathway illuminate local-global political connections, and this study shows how issue-specific expert networking is important for the diffusion of an international norm and policies on violence against women.
Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4427, USA. Electronic address: cobrien@mail.sdsu.edu.
Cheryl
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O'Brien
D019058:Community Networks; D003906:Developing Countries; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D038622:Internationality; D008800:Mexico; D009549:Nigeria; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000639:trends*
Mexico; Nigeria; Norms; Policy change; Transnational Feminism; Transnational advocacy networks; Violence against women; Women's movements