“The kids are all right”: youth activists as norm entrepreneurs. youth-led advocacy, socio-political justice and policy change in international politics

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dc.contributor.authorElgoni, Maryam
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-19T09:40:48Z
dc.date.available2022-12-19T09:40:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relations
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2021
dc.description.abstractThis research paper aims to better understand the role of, and relative degree of power held by, youth-led advocacy movements in regard to the creation of policy change discourse, analysed through the lens of norm theory. Empirically, this is significant as it allows for more focused thinking on agenda-setting within youth advocacy movements, while academically, prompts conceptualisations on the role of youth advocates as non-state actors and norm entrepreneurs in International Relations. The paper will analyse theory around norms, policy formulation and youth participation, attempting to find the nexus between the three. The #FridaysForFuture case study will be explored in-depth, paying particular attention to the agents involved and the contexts within the advocacy occurred. The paper will show that youth are norm entrepreneurs who have increasingly spearheaded norm emergence, and who consequently play an increasingly important role in the discourse on policy change
dc.description.librarianTL (2022)
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/33803
dc.language.isoen
dc.schoolSchool of Social Sciences
dc.title“The kids are all right”: youth activists as norm entrepreneurs. youth-led advocacy, socio-political justice and policy change in international politics
dc.typeDissertation
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