| Srl | Item |
| 1 |
ID:
148659
|
|
|
|
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Can human rights institutions influence individual behavior? This article tests the ground level effectiveness of two strategies that aim to eliminate discrimination: a powerful, top-down combination of incentives and norm promotion and a bottom-up NGO-based effort. The study uses a hard case, that of discrimination against the Roma (commonly known by the disfavored term “Gypsies”), spans three towns, Murska Sobota and Novo mesto in Slovenia and Čakovec in Croatia, and includes altogether 606 subjects. Levels of discrimination are estimated via trust games played with money, which are particularly appropriate because the Roma are widely stereotyped as cheaters and thieves. The findings suggest that the EU accession process, widely regarded as a strong incentive-based and norm promoting rights change mechanism, may not substantially reduce discrimination on the ground. Instead, they suggest that ground level organizing aimed at improving relations between Roma and non-Roma helps reduce discrimination.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ID:
111208
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2012.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Accession of Turkey to the European Union (EU) has brought a focus on issues of corruption and public ethics. The various reviews have emphasized that these issues are both long-standing and continuing. Given that such issues have been concerning the EU both before and after the accession of other countries, the current Turkish context is assessed in terms of laws, institutions and strategies. The article argues that Turkey is well-served in terms of laws, institutions and strategies, but that there are issues relating to the continuing state tradition and socio-political and administrative culture, to implementation of laws and the effectiveness of institutions, as well as the connectedness of the overall anti-corruption and public ethics approaches. In particular, the article notes that the question of changing current tradition and culture are central to Turkey's progress in meeting European concerns and expectations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|