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Transnational Politics

Transnational Politics. Explaining the power of advocacy networks. Today. From Definition to Explanation What explains the success of transnational advocacy networks (TANs)? Reading: Margaret Keck/Kathryn Sikkink: Activists Beyond Borders. Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs).

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Transnational Politics

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  1. Transnational Politics Explaining the power of advocacy networks

  2. Today • From Definition to Explanation • What explains the success of transnational advocacy networks (TANs)? • Reading: • Margaret Keck/Kathryn Sikkink: Activists Beyond Borders. Hans Peter Schmitz

  3. Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs) • Goals of the book (p. 5) • What are transnational advocacy networks (TAN)? • Why and how do TANs emerge? • How do TANs work? • What explains TAN success?

  4. Transnational power • Some basic claims: • TAN is a new form of social organization in global affairs. • These transnational advocacy networks (TANs) can be influential, despite lacking military and financial power. • NGOs play a central role in the creation and maintenance of those transnational networks (p. 6). • Campaigns are a central means for social change. In campaigns, “activists identify a problem, specify a cause, and propose a solution.”

  5. Defining Transnational Advocacy Networks • TANs are non-hierarchical forms of social interaction, different from markets and hierarchies. • TANs promote universal principles. • TANs consist of: NGOs, foundations, churches, trade unions, etc. • What happens in those networks? • Exchange of information and resources • Provide services (training, etc.) • Develop campaigns and shared understandings

  6. Why and how do TNAs emerge? • Advocacy networks are not new (p. 10), but: • Increased international travel. • Increased and cheaper communication (email) facilitate networking. • What is the trigger of those networks? • >> The boomerang pattern

  7. The “boomerang” effect • Three levels of transnational activism Liberal states Transnational NGOs United Nations (international) Repressive State (national) Blockage Appeal for support Domestic Activists (local)

  8. When are TANs successful? • Examples of success (p. 25) • Issue creation and agenda setting • Influence on discursive positions of states • Influence on institutional procedures • Influence on policy formulation • Influence on state behavior • Success depends on • Issue characteristics (bodily harm and equality, p. 26) • Actor characteristics (target vulnerabilities, p. 28)

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