Localization in Development Aid: How Global Institutions enter Local Lifeworlds

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This edited volume brings together the work of scholars from different disciplines including sociology, political science and anthropology, and analyses how global institutions are embedded in local contexts within development aid. It examines theoretical and empirical implications of the diffusion and anchoring of world polity institutions at the local and global levels. The volume furthers the understanding of the dynamics of norm negotiation and glocalization processes in culturally varied societies in an era of globalization. Themes and topics covered include: children and human rights, gender mainstreaming, multi-level actor partnerships, anti-corruption programming, local ownership, land rights and corporate social responsibility. Bringing together expert contributors, this comprehensive volume will be an invaluable resource for all scholars of localization and globalization studies, as well as those in the field of international relations. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of contributors 1. Introduction The aim of this volume Norms, diffusion and localization Development and post-development Chapter overview Note Bibliography PART I: The localization of human rights 2. Multi-level actor partnerships for implementing children’s rights Introduction The discrepancy between the aims of global norms and local realities Explanations from international relations scholarship Insights from anthropology, sociology and development studies Multi-level actor partnerships in Bangladesh Children’s rights implementation through multi-level actor partnerships The key role of local actors Sustainability concerns Contracted agents as intermediaries? Conclusion Notes Bibliography 3. Framing the position of social media in the local institutionalization of international human rights norms Introduction Demographics of influence Comparing social media to the established understanding of communities of influence Transnational advocacy networks and modalities of influence Linking transnational advocacy to norm change through human rights and development Defining norms through human rights Transnational norms and local contextualization Discussion: exploring opportunities and limitations for social media in transnational advocacy and development cooperation The research agenda Conclusion Bibliography 4. Japan’s experience in localizing human rights in post-conflict Nepal Introduction Background of the case study The approach of JICA The process of drafting the Nepalese Civil Code Discussion Conclusion Bibliography PART II: The localization of gender 5. Appropriating gender: The ambivalent effects of Nigeria’s CEDAW implementation Introduction The promotion of international norms and developmental scripts: localization as appropriation Negotiating ‘gender’ and ‘development’: the implementation of CEDAW in Nigeria Nigerian women’s rights organizations and CEDAW Gender quantified Development, empowerment and power: appropriating the context Concluding remarks Notes Bibliography 6. How the localization of macrocultural concepts can reinforce gender inequalities: A case study on the localization of reproductive health in Cambodia Introduction The diffusion of development and reproductive health as macrocultural concepts The localization of macrocultural concepts and its effects The case study: Cambodia Decoupling as a predictable effect of localization The reproduction of gender hierarchies as a paradoxical effect of localization Gender roles in Khmer society Khmer perceptions of sexuality and sex work Negotiating safe sex Development actors contributing to paradoxical effects of localization Conclusion Notes Bibliography 7. Hybridization and the case of a ‘successful’ gender mainstreamed community-based disaster management project in Cambodia Introduction Understanding depolitization of gender mainstreaming The community-based disaster management project: background VCDM members as brokers and translators Brokers and hybridization The context of relations of aid Conclusion Notes Bibliography PART III: The localization of agency 8. Localizing rebellion: International development agencies and the rise of the indigenous movement in Ecuador Introduction Importing rebellion – localization of discursive and organizational structures Adapted localization – intercultural bilingual education From social movement organizations to development agencies: the failure of structural localization Buenvivir – localization and globalization of an ‘export quality’ concept Conclusion Notes Bibliography 9. Strengthening civil society through development cooperation?: Localizing participation in post-Suharto Indonesia Introduction Detecting local practices in international norm dynamics Civil society participation as a goal in development Cognitive prior: integral state and ‘Pancasila’ Efficacy of the cognitive prior in the understanding of the state Localizing the participation norm Conclusion Notes Bibliography 10. Victims, victors and saviours: The politics of aid and women’s rights in Zimbabwe Introduction Theoretical framework Global feminist theories in Zimbabwe Understanding women’s rights in local contexts Reframing global norms in local contexts Negotiating local alternatives Homogenising universalisms Conclusion Bibliography PART IV: The localization in economic development cooperation 11. The localization of CSR norms: Development agencies and the promotion of responsible business conduct in China Introduction Transnational norm emergence and diffusion The Chinese context and initial rejection of CSR norms Promoting CSR and the contribution of development cooperation Developing a Chinese version of CSR Conclusions Notes Bibliography 12. From (un)employment to employability: Localized neoliberal norms and the politics of proper progress in Sierra Leone Introduction Working towards attitudinal and behavioural change in Sierra Leone The shift from (un)employment to employability The localization of neoliberal norms in Sierra Leone Concluding remarks Notes Bibliography Index