Preserving Law and Order
How Institutions Implementing International Norms on Refugee Protection Can Restrict Asylum Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2236682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Y Mcclean (0000-0002-5964-093X, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-5679 • E-ISSN: 1749-5687 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ips/olae001 |
| OpenAlex | W4391278662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 38 |
The international frameworks on refugee protection, including the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, are among the strongest norms to govern international mobility. Despite the salience and universality of these international norms, however, asylum outcomes, as indicated by refugee recognition rates (RRRs), vary extensively across state parties. The variation in RRR signals a critical normative gap between the institutionalization and implementation of international norms on refugee protection. In this article, I offer an explanation for this gap by examining the role of domestic institutions responsible for implementing relevant international (and domestic) laws on the ground. Through in-depth interviews, participant observation, and analysis of government, media, and non-governmental organization materials, I investigate the case of South Korea, a wealthy liberal democracy known for its exceptionally low RRR. I argue that South Korea's low RRR is a result of the preexisting and prevailing ethos of the institutions responsible for refugee status determination, which is deeply rooted in the preservation of law and order and therefore fundamentally conflicts with the human protection principles underlying the Convention
Convention · Democracy · Human rights · Institutionalisation · International law · Law and economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Implementation and World Politics
Asylum recognition rates in Europe
Let Me Be a Refugee
Refuge beyond Reach
The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises
Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy
Inside Asylum Bureaucracy
The Ethics and Politics of Asylum
Common Burdens and Standards
From the Law to the Decision
Refugee protection
The civil standard of proof—what is it, actually
The Pursuit of State Status and the Shift toward International Norms
Cold War Refugees
Exploring the “Liberal Paradox” from the Inside
Factors Influencing the Policy Responses of Host Governments to Mass Refugee Influxes
The Path to Asylum in the US and the Determinants for who Gets in and Why
Japan and international refugee protection norms
Love thy neighbor
A Reorganization Plan of the Immigration Administration in South Korea
Asylum Recognition Rates in Western Europe
Asylum seekers in the machinery of the state
Street-level Bureaucrats and Coping Mechanisms.The Unexpected Role of Italian Judges in Asylum Policy Implementation
North-South Cooperation in the Refugee Regime
The New Grand Compromise
Drilling Down in Norm Diffusion
Explaining the Divergence in Asylum Grant Rates among Immigration Judges
Norms and Interests in US Asylum Enforcement
Trained to Disbelieve
Strategies of denial
How Many Interviews Are Enough
Constructing truths in a culture of disbelief
The Sociology of Refugee Migration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |