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This is a superb study about the dynamics at work in the translation ofglobal norms. Stachursky focuses on women's rights as a set of norms that requires far more than state socialization to make a real life difference, andhe picks the particularly tough cases of Egypt and Iran in which he traces women's rights activism. His results help us understand the complexities ofprofound societal change and reveal the various roles, both enabling and constraining, that transnationalism may play in this endeavor.

Susanne Zwingel, SUNY Potsdam

The book's interdisciplinary approach to international relations andtransnationalism, which incorporates insights from political science, law, sociology, and gender studies, provides an important corrective to the internationalrelations field which has traditionally focused on state actors. By examining the crucial role of non-state actors in the international systemand their transnational practices, such as women's human rights NGOs, Benjamin Stachursky highlights the challenges of these NGOs to not onlylobby state institutions but the necessary yet difficult task of targeting the larger society in order to change societal and cultural norms that preventgender equality.

Helen Rizzo, The American University in Cairo

The Promise and Perils of Transnationalisation

To date, most constructivist international relations studies have characterized the influence of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism as uniformly positive. In particular, transnational interactions are viewed as positive factors for the development and daily impact of gender activism.

Benjamin Stachursky's book questions the unvarying positive view of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism, arguing for a more nuanced analysis that permits an understanding of the enabling and restricting effects of transnationalism. Stachursky also challenges the dominant view of civil society as normatively homogeneous by illustrating the complex relationships and conflicts that exist between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society representatives. He grounds his theoretical arguments with a comparative case study on women's rights activism in Egypt and Iran, which uses semistructured interviews with women's rights activists in the two countries and analysis of documentation by local political and societal actors. Looking at the period from the mid-1980s up to present developments such as the Arab Spring and the Green Movement, Stachursky analyzes the emergence and development of NGO activism in Egypt and Iran; the social, political, and legal context of NGO activism; and key domestic debates on the impact and legitimacy of the actors operating in women's rights activism.

By closely examining the ambivalent relationship between transnationalism and human rights organizations, Stachursky proves that transnationalization has both enabling and constraining effects on the domestic legitimacy of women's rights activists and on their ability to create meaningful social and political change.

Benjamin Stachursky is a consultant for human rights and gender issues in the field of development cooperation and a lecturer in international relations at the University of Potsdam.

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The Promise and Perils of Transnationalization
NGO activism and the socialization of women's human rights in Egypt and Iran
Benjamin Stachursky

The Promise and Perils of Transnationalisation

NGO Activism and the Socialisation of Women's Human Rights in Egypt and Iran

By Benjamin Stachursky

First published 2013
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Simultaneously published in the UK
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