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1. Lewis, Amy Alice. A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition .

Degree: 2014, University of Otago

► After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine became an independent state. Despite an initial period of optimism regarding the future of the state,… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Ukraine; democratisation; demos; quadruple transition; political culture

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Lewis, A. A. (2014). A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition . (Masters Thesis). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4768

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lewis, Amy Alice. “A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition .” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Otago. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4768.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lewis, Amy Alice. “A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition .” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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Lewis AA. A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition . [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Otago; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4768.

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Lewis AA. A fractured identity, a fractured democracy: the national facet of Ukraine’s transition . [Masters Thesis]. University of Otago; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/4768

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2. Aliyev, Huseyn. The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus .

Degree: University of Otago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5033

► This study argues that the weakness of civil society in the post-Soviet Caucasus is not only a result of post-communist political and economic problems but… (more)

▼ This study argues that the weakness of civil society in the post-Soviet Caucasus is not only a result of post-communist political and economic problems but is also due to the effects of historical legacies which continue influencing both formal and informal civil societies of the Caucasus’s countries, weakening their ability to facilitate democratization. Two decades after the break up of the USSR, democratization continues to present a challenge to all non-Baltic former Soviet states. The failure of most post-Soviet governments to overcome autocratic patrimonial habits of governance and to embark on democratic institution-building has been a characteristic of the former Soviet Union for the past two decades. Among many other malaises of post-communism, the inherent weakness of civil society has been observed in virtually all post-Soviet regimes. Unlike civil sectors of post-communist Central Europe or even the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, civil societies of ex-Soviet countries remain underdeveloped, ineffective and weak. In contrast, the entrenchment of authoritarian regimes, failures of institutional reforms, in conjunction with the continued reliance of ruling elites on informal structures rather than formal institutions is on the rise in most countries of the post-Soviet region. All of the above is most notable in the former Soviet region of Caucasus. Throughout the entire post-communist period, the political and civil actors across the Caucasus have shown themselves incapable of shedding the old forms of governance, which led to further growth of authoritarianism and weakening of independent civil society. So why does the Caucasus’s civil society fail to facilitate democratic state-building and institution-building processes, invigorating civil mobilization and serving as a balance between the state and society? This thesis examines the relationship between the weakness of civil society and the legacy of Soviet public and private spheres in the post-Soviet Caucasus. Starting from the assumption that the analysis of ‘civic traditions’ of formal and informal civil association inherited from the Soviet period can provide explanations as to why the present-day civil sector is weak, this study seeks to reveal the significance of the former regime’s legacy for contemporary civic institutions. Using qualitative methods of inquiry, this thesis conducts an in-depth examination of both Soviet and post-communist formal and informal civic association, offering fresh insights into our understanding of Soviet civic legacy and of how and why ‘civic traditions’ continue. The findings of this thesis emphasize, among others, that the antecedent regime’s institutional norms and individual attitudes can have long-lasting effects not only in particular countries but also trans-nationally. Advisors/Committee Members: Headley, James (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Soviet; legacy; civil; society; post-communist; Caucasus

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Aliyev, H. (n.d.). The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5033

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Aliyev, Huseyn. “The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus .” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5033.

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Aliyev, Huseyn. “The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus .” Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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Aliyev H. The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5033.

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Aliyev H. The Soviet Legacy and Post‐Communist Civil Society in the Caucasus . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5033

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3. Iwami, Tadashi. Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ .

Degree: University of Otago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6078

► Since the end of the Cold War, the development of Japan’s foreign policy has shown a great level of relevance to regional and international security… (more)

▼ Since the end of the Cold War, the development of Japan’s foreign policy has shown a great level of relevance to regional and international security affairs. Regional instability and conflict in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa, the onset of the global war on terror from 2001 onwards, and the recent rise of China in economic and security terms, have all continued to attract scholars and practitioners at home and abroad in analysing and understanding Japan’s foreign policy stance regarding these issues. More fundamentally, although it is not a new phenomenon, portrayals of Japan’s regional and international roles continue to serve as an essential element of their research interest. Researchers in this field often concern themselves with the following question: what sort of self-image of statehood is Japan trying to perceive and demonstrate in a changing international society? Indeed, the study of identity is of central importance to the field of Japanese studies. Recent research regarding the study of Japan’s identity in the security sector has focused either on the continuation of a long-lasting identity as a “peace state”, or an increasing change towards a more “internationally proactive state”. However, it overlooks evolving and mixed elements of such an identity from a broader historical perspective, and leaves questions with regard to the dynamics of identity construction. Literature regarding the emerging phenomenon of Japan’s involvement in peacebuilding indicates a promising direction for the examination of this aspect, but so far it underexplores the relationship between Japan’s identity and peacebuilding. Within a framework of qualitative research, this thesis investigates how Japan has constructed its identity as a “peacebuilding state”. It employs a framework to analyse a process of the construction of identity consisting of three aspects: articulation of self-perception by narratives (what Japan represents itself as by narratives); action commensurate with the narrative self-perception (how Japan acts in an effort to demonstrate that its representation fits Japan); and social recognition (how other members of the international audience recognise Japan’s self-perception and related actions). This research examines political discourse, media sources, opinion polls, and in- person interviews with key figures related to peacebuilding, and argues that the construction of Japan’s identity as a peacebuilding state has taken place in three ways: comprehensive peacebuilding efforts on the ground in a troubled region; taking a leadership role in international forums related to peacebuilding; and implementing human resource development for peacebuilding at home. It provides an alternative insight into the study of Japan’s identity in security sectors, and reinforces theoretical and empirical aspects of the relationship between identity and peacebuilding in the context of Japan. Advisors/Committee Members: Headley, James (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Japan; Identity; International Society; Peacebuilding

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Iwami, T. (n.d.). Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6078

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Iwami, Tadashi. “Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ .” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6078.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Iwami, Tadashi. “Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ .” Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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Iwami T. Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6078.

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Council of Science Editors:

Iwami T. Japan’s Identity in International Society: Constructing Identity as a ‘Peacebuilding State’ . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6078

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4. Meikle, Chris. Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood .

Degree: University of Otago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7615

► The European Union (EU) has increasingly used its external policy mechanisms to export the principles that it was founded upon: democracy, rule of law, social… (more)

▼ The European Union (EU) has increasingly used its external policy mechanisms to export the principles that it was founded upon: democracy, rule of law, social justice and, in particular, respect for human rights. This approach has long been evident in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), which includes the Union for the Mediterranean states to the south. However, a number of these southern states have been thrown into disarray by the popular revolutions which swept through the Arab world in 2011; although these uprisings seem to share many of the principles which the EU has sought to promote, the implications for the EU’s role in the region are still far from clear. In order to assess the extent to which the EU has demonstrated an ethically normative foreign policy in response to the Arab Uprisings, this research sets out to establish which of the international norms that the EU promotes in the North Africa and Middle East (MENA) region can be considered ethical, and whether or not they can be differentiated from the EU’s “interests”. The discussion of ethics, norms and interests in EU external action is situated within the Normative Power Europe literature, which also provides the theoretical framework for the analysis that takes place in later chapters. It is shown that the EU correlates its promotion of some norms with international human rights discourse, and rhetorically advances itself as an ethically normative actor by highlighting the centrality of such norms to its international identity. The EU’s policy towards the MENA region is assessed before, during and after the Arab Uprisings, both at a regional and a bilateral level, the latter with regard to the particular cases of Tunisia and Morocco. The research draws on an analysis of official EU documents, secondary academic sources and interviews conducted in Brussels, Tunis and Rabat, in order to evaluate the EU’s evolving priorities in its southern neighbourhood. It is argued that despite a steady rhetorical commitment to ethical norm promotion in the region, the EU has consistently prioritised issues such as security and migration, with the exception of its immediate response to the uprisings in 2011. To explain this temporary and aberrant substantive shift, a hypothesis is presented drawing on Frank Schimmelfennig’s theory of rhetorical action, showing the consequences resulting from the intersection of the EU’s own rhetoric with the international attention garnered by the so-called “Arab Spring”. An analysis of policy responses to the Arab Uprisings not only sheds light on the nature, scope and limitations of ethics and norms in EU foreign policy, but also clarifies the nature of the EU as an international actor. Advisors/Committee Members: Headley, James (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: European Union; Arab Spring; Arab Uprisings; foreign policy; human rights; democracy promotion; Normative Power Europe; NPE; ethical norms; ethical norm promotion; southern neighbourhood; Middle East and North Africa; MENA region; Tunisia; Morocco; civil society; conditionality; rhetorical entrapment; rhetorical self-entrapment

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Meikle, C. (n.d.). Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7615

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Meikle, Chris. “Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood .” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7615.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Meikle, Chris. “Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood .” Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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Meikle C. Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7615.

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Meikle C. Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7615

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5. Szollosi-Cira, Laszlo. Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? .

Degree: University of Otago

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10057

► Norms are standards of appropriate behaviour for actors and as such they do have a role in international politics. When norms are adopted by actors,… (more)

▼ Norms are standards of appropriate behaviour for actors and as such they do have a role in international politics. When norms are adopted by actors, they affect the actors’ policy behaviour, and consequently, the actors’ practices. Changing norms and policy practices of the actors in the system would result in changing the intersubjective knowledge of the actors and eventually the system. In international politics, small states are more inclined to international law and norms than great powers. Although realists and structuralists argue that small states need to behave according to great powers’ interests and small states are system-ineffectual, these arguments hold only to military power. In terms of economic power, small states have control over their success, while the power over opinion is not related to the size of the actors. Therefore, small states can influence global politics by intellectual leadership, norm-setting and norm entrepreneurship. The thesis observes whether and to what extent New Zealand has been acting as norm entrepreneur in the policy areas of nuclear-free politics and promoting free trade. To regard an actor as norm entrepreneur in a policy area, the actor should have no authority over the addressees of the proposed norm, the actor should consider the norm as appropriate for others too, the extent and intensity of the conscious efforts to promote the norm internationally should be sufficient, the norm-promoting efforts should be performed during the emerging and cascade phases of the norm life-cycle, and the actor should behave consistently with the norm. According to these criteria, New Zealand has been a norm entrepreneur in nuclear-free policy since 1984. Concerning free-trade, New Zealand has also been a norm entrepreneur between 1984 and 2017. Both cases illustrate how small states can influence international politics. Based on the findings, small states’ domestic policies may have larger effects on world politics than their direct international advocacy, other states can ignore the advocacy and remain reluctant to modify their policy agendas. Advisors/Committee Members: Headley, James (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: norms; entrepreneurship; normsetter; independence; latitude

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Szollosi-Cira, L. (n.d.). Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10057

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Szollosi-Cira, Laszlo. “Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? .” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Otago. Accessed January 19, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10057.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Szollosi-Cira, Laszlo. “Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? .” Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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Szollosi-Cira L. Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Otago; [cited 2021 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10057.

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Szollosi-Cira L. Normative foreign policy - the Kiwi way. To what extent has New Zealand been acting as norm entrepreneur in the areas of nuclear free policy and promoting free trade? . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Otago; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/10057

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