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Strausz, Michael. and Mello, Brian. "Western Norms in Eastern Contexts: Japan, Turkey, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-08 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210843_index.html>

Strausz, M. and Mello, B. , 2007-08-30 "Western Norms in Eastern Contexts: Japan, Turkey, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-08 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p210843_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In 1985, the final year of the UN Decade for Women, 20 countries ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. This was the second largest number of ratifications in the Convention's history. Was this trend evidence of a norm cascade, whereby norms of gender equality gained transnational legitimacy? Was international coercion involved? Did these states ratify the Convention with a view toward gaining some sort of carrot and/or avoiding some sort of stick from the international system? Or was this international result simply a matter of different domestic political contexts in each country setting the stage for ratification? In this paper we will examine two states' decisions to ratify the Convention: Japan and Turkey. These countries have important differences in terms of religion, level of democratization, and economic development, but they share ambivalence about whether their national identities are primarily western or eastern, and in both countries there are vigorous domestic debates about the relative merits of westernization and cultural preservation. We trace the process through which the decision to ratify the Convention was made in each country through an examination of newspapers, government documents, and secondary sources.

Do Non-State Actors Respond to International Norms? Changes in International Human Rights Norms, Armed Resistance Movements, and their Strategies

International Human Rights Treaty to Change Social Patterns - The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women