Stephen Noakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 8495302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Noakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Noakes |
| SIGNATURE | NOAKES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
When does China change its mind? Accounting for Beijing’s shark finning ban
The Realpolitik of small states
When and why do human rights-defending countries tolerate the actions of known rights violators? This paper examines that question using New Zealand’s bilateral relationships with the Republic of Turkey (also Türkiye) and the People’s Republic of China. The aim is to ascertain systematic regularities as to when and why New Zealand, a liberal democratic state with an expressed commitment to human rights, has been relatively mum on atrocities in Ch…
Economic Statecraft and the Making of Bilateral Relationships
The Advocacy Trap
What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic research with cross-case comparisons to identify key factors underpinning variation in the results and processes of advocacy on a range of issues affecting both China and the world, including global warming, intellectual property rights, HIV/AIDS treatmen…
Learning Under Authoritarianism
Within the field of international relations, scholarship supports the notion that international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and foundations, as a part of transnational civil society, influence state policy and behaviors, while the causal effects of state influence on INGOs is less researched. By contrast, the co-constitutive roles of states and INGOs are well established in third-sector research. Seeking to extend these literatures and…
A Disappearing Act
Advocacy Trap
Forging Free Trade with China
Why does Canada lack the closeness of economic ties with China enjoyed by other developed Commonwealth countries, such as New Zealand? While these countries take similar positions toward China with regard to human rights and security-related matters, they differ markedly in terms of trade relations—New Zealand inked a free trade deal with Beijing in 2008, while such an agreement between Canada and China has remained out of reach. This article pro…
Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully
The recent shift in China's death penalty legislation owes more to "state pragmatism" than to international pressure or regime transition. Greater accountability may bolster the current regime's legitimacy and promote its longevity
The Role of Political Science in China
Journal Article The Role of Political Science in China: Intellectuals and Authoritarian Resilience Get access Stephen Noakes Stephen Noakes University of Auckland STEPHEN NOAKES is Lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Auckland. His research on transnational activism, NGOs and political reform in China has appeared in several leading journals. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Transnational Advocacy Networks and Moral Commitment
The tale of civil society, as told by a large and growing body of scholarly literature, is typically one of nonstate actors remaking world politics by upsetting conventional notions of power in the international system. Armed with little more than the strength of their convictions, global of activists, NGOs, scientists, and technical experts play the fon to unrestrained national interests, acting out of conscience for those issues that either fal…
Falun Gong, Ten Years On
Learning Under Authoritarianism
Within the field of international relations, scholarship supports the notion that international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and foundations, as a part of transnational civil society, influence state policy and behaviors, while the causal effects of state influence on INGOs is less researched. By contrast, the co-constitutive roles of states and INGOs are well established in third-sector research. Seeking to extend these literatures and…
Transnational Advocacy Networks and Moral Commitment
The tale of civil society, as told by a large and growing body of scholarly literature, is typically one of nonstate actors remaking world politics by upsetting conventional notions of power in the international system. Armed with little more than the strength of their convictions, global of activists, NGOs, scientists, and technical experts play the fon to unrestrained national interests, acting out of conscience for those issues that either fal…
The Role of Political Science in China
Journal Article The Role of Political Science in China: Intellectuals and Authoritarian Resilience Get access Stephen Noakes Stephen Noakes University of Auckland STEPHEN NOAKES is Lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Auckland. His research on transnational activism, NGOs and political reform in China has appeared in several leading journals. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Economic Statecraft and the Making of Bilateral Relationships
A Disappearing Act
Forging Free Trade with China
Why does Canada lack the closeness of economic ties with China enjoyed by other developed Commonwealth countries, such as New Zealand? While these countries take similar positions toward China with regard to human rights and security-related matters, they differ markedly in terms of trade relations—New Zealand inked a free trade deal with Beijing in 2008, while such an agreement between Canada and China has remained out of reach. This article pro…
Falun Gong, Ten Years On
Transnational Advocacy Networks and Moral Commitment
The tale of civil society, as told by a large and growing body of scholarly literature, is typically one of nonstate actors remaking world politics by upsetting conventional notions of power in the international system. Armed with little more than the strength of their convictions, global of activists, NGOs, scientists, and technical experts play the fon to unrestrained national interests, acting out of conscience for those issues that either fal…
Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully
The recent shift in China's death penalty legislation owes more to "state pragmatism" than to international pressure or regime transition. Greater accountability may bolster the current regime's legitimacy and promote its longevity
The Role of Political Science in China
Journal Article The Role of Political Science in China: Intellectuals and Authoritarian Resilience Get access Stephen Noakes Stephen Noakes University of Auckland STEPHEN NOAKES is Lecturer in politics and international relations at the University of Auckland. His research on transnational activism, NGOs and political reform in China has appeared in several leading journals. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Forging Free Trade with China
Why does Canada lack the closeness of economic ties with China enjoyed by other developed Commonwealth countries, such as New Zealand? While these countries take similar positions toward China with regard to human rights and security-related matters, they differ markedly in terms of trade relations—New Zealand inked a free trade deal with Beijing in 2008, while such an agreement between Canada and China has remained out of reach. This article pro…
Advocacy Trap
The Advocacy Trap
What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic research with cross-case comparisons to identify key factors underpinning variation in the results and processes of advocacy on a range of issues affecting both China and the world, including global warming, intellectual property rights, HIV/AIDS treatmen…
Learning Under Authoritarianism
Within the field of international relations, scholarship supports the notion that international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and foundations, as a part of transnational civil society, influence state policy and behaviors, while the causal effects of state influence on INGOs is less researched. By contrast, the co-constitutive roles of states and INGOs are well established in third-sector research. Seeking to extend these literatures and…
A Disappearing Act
Economic Statecraft and the Making of Bilateral Relationships
The Realpolitik of small states
When and why do human rights-defending countries tolerate the actions of known rights violators? This paper examines that question using New Zealand’s bilateral relationships with the Republic of Turkey (also Türkiye) and the People’s Republic of China. The aim is to ascertain systematic regularities as to when and why New Zealand, a liberal democratic state with an expressed commitment to human rights, has been relatively mum on atrocities in Ch…
When does China change its mind? Accounting for Beijing’s shark finning ban
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