Lucy M Abbott
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy M Abbott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy M |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbott |
| SIGNATURE | ABBOTT L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4062-1234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Entrusted norms
Combining scholarship on norms and trust in International Relations, this article puts forward the concept of entrusted norms as a novel means to understand certain dynamics of cooperation and conflict in international politics. Entrusted norms differ from non-entrusted norms both in the manner that they are policed and in the reaction to their infringement. In the first case, there are few formal hedging mechanisms taken against potential defect…
Civil resistance in the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring's uneven legacies attest to the ambiguous role of civil resistance in political life in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Seven years since Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation sent a wave of protest across the region, regime figureheads have fallen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; political or economic concessions have been made in Jordan, Morocco, Algeria and Oman; and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Syria experienced sh…
International democracy promotion and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa
This article offers an overview of the literature on international democracy promotion in relation to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It draws on the criteria of process tracing to evaluate the mechanisms, processes and episodes of democratization associated with international democracy promotion in the region. It finds that the literature lacks a clear account of how international democracy promotion relates to conditions for democratiz…
The conceptual public sphere and its problems
The main purpose of this article is to examine how Habermas’ account of the transformation of the public sphere is used in the study of political change in the Arab states of the Middle East. The study aims to demonstrate that while Habermas’ motif may provide several constructive pathways forward for the study of transformation in this regional context, its numerous shortcomings leave it susceptible to conceptual overstretch. With the aim of sho…
Entrusted norms
Combining scholarship on norms and trust in International Relations, this article puts forward the concept of entrusted norms as a novel means to understand certain dynamics of cooperation and conflict in international politics. Entrusted norms differ from non-entrusted norms both in the manner that they are policed and in the reaction to their infringement. In the first case, there are few formal hedging mechanisms taken against potential defect…
International democracy promotion and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa
This article offers an overview of the literature on international democracy promotion in relation to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It draws on the criteria of process tracing to evaluate the mechanisms, processes and episodes of democratization associated with international democracy promotion in the region. It finds that the literature lacks a clear account of how international democracy promotion relates to conditions for democratiz…
The conceptual public sphere and its problems
The main purpose of this article is to examine how Habermas’ account of the transformation of the public sphere is used in the study of political change in the Arab states of the Middle East. The study aims to demonstrate that while Habermas’ motif may provide several constructive pathways forward for the study of transformation in this regional context, its numerous shortcomings leave it susceptible to conceptual overstretch. With the aim of sho…
Civil resistance in the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring's uneven legacies attest to the ambiguous role of civil resistance in political life in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Seven years since Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation sent a wave of protest across the region, regime figureheads have fallen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; political or economic concessions have been made in Jordan, Morocco, Algeria and Oman; and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Syria experienced sh…
International democracy promotion and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa
This article offers an overview of the literature on international democracy promotion in relation to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It draws on the criteria of process tracing to evaluate the mechanisms, processes and episodes of democratization associated with international democracy promotion in the region. It finds that the literature lacks a clear account of how international democracy promotion relates to conditions for democratiz…
Entrusted norms
Combining scholarship on norms and trust in International Relations, this article puts forward the concept of entrusted norms as a novel means to understand certain dynamics of cooperation and conflict in international politics. Entrusted norms differ from non-entrusted norms both in the manner that they are policed and in the reaction to their infringement. In the first case, there are few formal hedging mechanisms taken against potential defect…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Middle East (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works)