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dc.contributor.advisor | Bizos, Anthony | |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Kuun, Jacques | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-04T15:10:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-04T15:10:14Z | |
dc.date.created | 20/04/17 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description | Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019. | |
dc.description.abstract | This research studies norm subsidiarity in the practice of diplomacy. Norm subsidiarity is a concept found within norm diffusion scholarship. It is argued that this scholarship gives a privileged position to materially strong actors in its explanation of norm diffusion. The role of weaker states to support international norms is often ignored. Norm subsidiarity explains how materially weaker states support international norms to protect their autonomy from stronger actors. This research demonstrates the application of norm subsidiarity by tracing the history and context surrounding the diplomacy of Iran’s nuclear programme from its inception in 1957 to the present. Iran has successfully supported the norm of the peaceful use of nuclear energy by continuing to develop its nuclear programme. This is despite overwhelming international pressure from much stronger states who seek to stop this programme. The analysis shows that Iran’s actions can be described as a process of norm subsidiarity. This provides credibility to the argument that weaker states can play an important role in successfully supporting international norms, despite the desires of much stronger states. | |
dc.description.availability | Unrestricted | |
dc.description.degree | MA | |
dc.description.department | Political Sciences | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kuun, J 2019, Norm subsidiarity in the practice of diplomacy : a case analysis of Iran's nuclear programme, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76878> | |
dc.identifier.other | A2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76878 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | |
dc.rights | © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | |
dc.subject | UCTD | |
dc.subject | Norm subsidiarity | |
dc.subject | Norm diffusion | |
dc.subject | Diplomacy | |
dc.subject | Social constructivism | |
dc.subject | Agency | |
dc.title | Norm subsidiarity in the practice of diplomacy : a case analysis of Iran's nuclear programme | |
dc.type | Dissertation |