Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics

AIR348 Assessment 1
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Week 1
Keck, M & Sikkink K 1998, Activists beyond borders: advocacy networks in
international politics, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.
[Chapter 1, ‘Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics: Introduction’,
pp.1-38.]
In this article, author tried to precise scholars lack of attention to role of transnational
advocacy networks in international and domestic political matters. The advocacy networks
involve research and advocacy groups, local social movements, media, unions,
foundations, intergovernmental companies and other part of local governing bodies. As
diverse groups establish interaction and share valuable information and services this helps
to circulate and exchange funds through which they can work together and influence
policy. The article states that networks highlights issues and problems which can be related
to violence to vulnerable people and gross inequality in legal opportunities in the nation. A
transnational network can emerge through different mediums between domestic and
governmental groups and on conference and meetups which can form aspects for building
networks. Network functions by employing accountability, symbolic, leverage and
information politics. Network creates a huge influence on changing policy, state behaviour,
institutional procedures, setting agendas or targes and stat’s discursive positions.
Transnational women’s network has rapidly grown transnational women network all
women’s have shattered stereotype of violence n woe and states it as a biggest human right
issue firm women’s. Through strength and destiny, the efficiency of network can be
improved. The groups which were formed in one country appealed to citizens of another
county through a Transnational Advocacy Network, such citizens create a pressure on their
own government to pressure the offending regime.
Week 1
Price, R 2003, 'Transnational Civil Society and Advocacy in World Politics', World
Politics, 55 (4), 579-606
In this article, the involvement of transactional civil society activism in world politics have
been quoted. The author argues that this article is done in contribution to for conducting a
progressive research through which agendas can be met which are a response to succession
of criticism from different perspectives. The main motive of this research is related to
transnationalization of civil society through which they can facilitate trenchant response to
crucial puzzles which are concerned with leverage of civil society in the contemporary
stage of globalization. The article quotes that liberal variant of transactional advocacy
research hold powerful theoretical counters which can offer privilege to other agents or

structures and other range of contemporary liberal international theory. This article also
states about the privilege to pre-existing domestic preference formation or state centric
versions of liberal constructivism. This article also includes a central lace for normative
international theory. This article also contributes theoretical and empirical contribution and
reviews issues related to international relations and comparative politics. The article has
identified various crucial claims on transnational activism and provides a valuable
statement which depicts value and worth of academic enterprise and creates an adverse
impact on worldviews of decision makers like Gorbachev. This research can provide
evidence of the avoided importance of teaching, which can be compared with research in
academic incentive structure. It also states that professors and teachers can also participate
in and can be an important participant in transnational civil society.
Week 2
Noakes, S 2018, The advocacy trap: transnational activism and state power in China.
Manchester University Press
[Chapter 1, ‘Mechanisms of Persuasion: when and how are advocacy campaigns
effective?’, pp.17-37 ]
In this article, it can be seen that this book was introduced to readers to six transnational
advocacy networks(TANs) and to organise their campaigns through which they can bring
change in china. Through this study of international politics, tis literature have given short
shift to various roads through which strong countries such as China can push back against
the formed global norms and needs of transnational social movement celebrities. The
author has used three case studies in this books which are based on the case studies of three
empirical chapter, which involves Falun Gong’s development, history of repression by
china ad contending narratives which are listed out by organisation’s advocates overseas
the Chinese Communist Party in the side or state of China. The movements which are
depicted in the book acts as participants in global civil society which seems to be
downplayed in respect to detailed treatment of the rise and repression in China. The article
states overall objectives of author which are related to explication of company as
transnational celebrities can help readers to see the worth with more clarity. In this chapter,
the author states the case of intellectual property rights (IPR) and a detailed information of
domestic and foreign pressures by supporting these movements through which a balance
can be established and maintained. The author argues there are two different cases which
can have different outcomes and which are similar to state power and preference was
considered as determinative factor which lead to progress and process of all campaigns
which were organised.