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World Politics
Frieden/Lake/Schultz World Politics Ch. 11
Term | Definition |
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International Law | A body of rules that binds states and other agents in world politics and is considered to have the status of law. |
Customary International Law | International law that develops slowly, over time, as states recognize practices as appropriate and correct. |
Obligation | Degree to which states are legally bound by an international rule. |
Precision | The degree to which international laws are fully specified. |
Delegation | The degree to which third parties are given authority to implement, interpret, and apply international rules. |
Norms | Standards of behavior for actors with a given identity. |
Norms entrepreneurs | Individuals and groups who seek to advance principles standards of behavior |
Transnational Advocacy Network (TAN) | A set of individuals and non-governmental organizations acting in pursuit of a normative objective. |
Norms life cycle | A three-stage model for how norms diffuse within a population and become taken for granted. |
Boomerang model | A process by which NGO's in one state are able to activate transnational linkages to bring pressure from other states onto their gov't |