Michal Ben‐josef Hirsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4450284 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Ben‐josef Hirsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal Ben‐josef |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirsch |
| SIGNATURE | HIRSCH M B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Suffolk University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The State of Repair
∞ Transitional justice has long been established as a rich field of scholarship and policy. An enduring concern has been the mix of advocacy and scholarship and its effects on empirical assessments. A more recent concern is that the international consensus supporting transitional justice is eroding. This article engages these concerns through the lens of international norms. Systematically analyzing international discourse within the United Natio…
Conceptualizing and assessing norm strength in International Relations
What constitutes a strong or a weak norm? Scholars often refer to strong or weak, or strengthening or weakening norms, yet there are widespread inconsistencies in terminology and no agreed-upon measures. This has hindered the accumulation of knowledge and made it difficult to test competing hypotheses about norm development and contestation. To address these conceptual problems and their analytical implications, this article conceptualizes norm s…
Otherness and resilience in bilateral relations
Ideational change and the emergence of the international norm of truth and reconciliation commissions
What role does ideational change play in norm emergence? While there has been some attention to changes in the application of norms, most scholars refer to the ideas that are associated with a norm’s practice as being fixed. I argue that ideational change is a causal mechanism that facilitates norm emergence. In particular, I propose three types of content change that capture changes in the ideas associated with the goals expected to be attained …
Measuring the impacts of truth and reconciliation commissions
Truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have emerged as an international norm and are assumed to be an essential element of national reconciliation, democratization, and post-conflict development. Despite the increase in the number of TRCs being initiated around the globe and the international consensus regarding their positive effects, there is little understanding of the long-term effects and consequences of TRCs. Specifically, currently th…
From Taboo to the Negotiable
In the last round of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the Taba Conference (January 2001), Israeli negotiators went where no Israeli officials went before: they considered the right of return of Palestinian refugees, and a quasi-statement that acknowledges the Palestinian tragedy and Israel's share of historical responsibility. This paper argues that at least in part this shift in the negotiations' framework can be traced back to the public …
From Taboo to the Negotiable
In the last round of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the Taba Conference (January 2001), Israeli negotiators went where no Israeli officials went before: they considered the right of return of Palestinian refugees, and a quasi-statement that acknowledges the Palestinian tragedy and Israel's share of historical responsibility. This paper argues that at least in part this shift in the negotiations' framework can be traced back to the public …
Measuring the impacts of truth and reconciliation commissions
Truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have emerged as an international norm and are assumed to be an essential element of national reconciliation, democratization, and post-conflict development. Despite the increase in the number of TRCs being initiated around the globe and the international consensus regarding their positive effects, there is little understanding of the long-term effects and consequences of TRCs. Specifically, currently th…
Conceptualizing and assessing norm strength in International Relations
What constitutes a strong or a weak norm? Scholars often refer to strong or weak, or strengthening or weakening norms, yet there are widespread inconsistencies in terminology and no agreed-upon measures. This has hindered the accumulation of knowledge and made it difficult to test competing hypotheses about norm development and contestation. To address these conceptual problems and their analytical implications, this article conceptualizes norm s…
Ideational change and the emergence of the international norm of truth and reconciliation commissions
What role does ideational change play in norm emergence? While there has been some attention to changes in the application of norms, most scholars refer to the ideas that are associated with a norm’s practice as being fixed. I argue that ideational change is a causal mechanism that facilitates norm emergence. In particular, I propose three types of content change that capture changes in the ideas associated with the goals expected to be attained …
Otherness and resilience in bilateral relations
From Taboo to the Negotiable
In the last round of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the Taba Conference (January 2001), Israeli negotiators went where no Israeli officials went before: they considered the right of return of Palestinian refugees, and a quasi-statement that acknowledges the Palestinian tragedy and Israel's share of historical responsibility. This paper argues that at least in part this shift in the negotiations' framework can be traced back to the public …
Measuring the impacts of truth and reconciliation commissions
Truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) have emerged as an international norm and are assumed to be an essential element of national reconciliation, democratization, and post-conflict development. Despite the increase in the number of TRCs being initiated around the globe and the international consensus regarding their positive effects, there is little understanding of the long-term effects and consequences of TRCs. Specifically, currently th…
Ideational change and the emergence of the international norm of truth and reconciliation commissions
What role does ideational change play in norm emergence? While there has been some attention to changes in the application of norms, most scholars refer to the ideas that are associated with a norm’s practice as being fixed. I argue that ideational change is a causal mechanism that facilitates norm emergence. In particular, I propose three types of content change that capture changes in the ideas associated with the goals expected to be attained …
Otherness and resilience in bilateral relations
Conceptualizing and assessing norm strength in International Relations
What constitutes a strong or a weak norm? Scholars often refer to strong or weak, or strengthening or weakening norms, yet there are widespread inconsistencies in terminology and no agreed-upon measures. This has hindered the accumulation of knowledge and made it difficult to test competing hypotheses about norm development and contestation. To address these conceptual problems and their analytical implications, this article conceptualizes norm s…
The State of Repair
∞ Transitional justice has long been established as a rich field of scholarship and policy. An enduring concern has been the mix of advocacy and scholarship and its effects on empirical assessments. A more recent concern is that the international consensus supporting transitional justice is eroding. This article engages these concerns through the lens of international norms. Systematically analyzing international discourse within the United Natio…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · International relations (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Economics (2 works)