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Engendering the State

Why have states been slower to incorporate womens human rights norms domestically than other human rights norms?

Why has the diffusion of these norms varied so greatly between states?

Why are some states more responsive and exert more effort than others to comply with these norms?

Engendering the State seeks to explain these key issues and argues that the gender-biased identity of many states represents the most significant barrier to diffusion. It also explores how particular norms have diffused into certain states at specific points in time, as a consequence of international and domestic pressure.

The author:

addresses the limitations of existing explanations of international norms

develops case studies of Germany, Spain, Japan and India, which provide a new perspective on comparative analysis of Europe and Asia

develops alternative arguments to explain cross-national variation in the influence of international norms of sexual discrimination

addresses the theoretical and practical implications of the argument.

This book is essential reading for all those with an interest in womens human rights, gender studies and international studies.

Lynn Savery is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University.

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The international diffusion of womens human rights
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Engendering the State

The international diffusion of womens human rights

Lynn Savery

First published 2007
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2007 Lynn Savery

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ISBN10: 0-415-42877-7

ISBN13: 978-0-415-42877-4

In loving memory of my dear friend Sharron Lee 19642001
and Jasper the spoodle 19982004

Contents

Preface

This book was prompted by my interest in, or rather bemusement at, the furore surrounding the term gender at the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. As the battle over definitional clarification of the term raged, I wondered whether such events mattered very much. In particular, I wondered whether international womens human rights had any bearing on state behaviour and, in turn, womens lives. Surprisingly little attention has been paid to this question. What I do in this study is explore the relationship between international norms of sexual non-discrimination and state behaviour. I argue that, despite the significant barrier of the gender-biased corporate identity of states, particular norms diffuse into particular states at particular points in time as a result of international and domestic pressure, or a combination of both.

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