EU Promotion of Human Rights for LGBTI Persons in Uganda : Translating and Organizing a Wicked Problem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910799233703321
• Autore: Malmedie Lydia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2023
• ISBN: 9783031458262; 3031458265
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.760973
• Soggetti: Gay rights; Human rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Central Argument and Contributions -- Contributions -- Methodology -- Positioning -- Structure -- Literature -- 2 A Wicked Problem and Its Travels in a Modern World -- The Wickedness of the Problem -- The EU as a Complex Modern Organization in Flux -- The Uncertainty and Hot-Buttoned Nature of Human Rights for LGBTI People -- Ambiguity of Normative Principles Versus Accusations of Neoimperialism -- The Problem Definition as Key -- The Travel of Ideas -- Translating and Sensemaking as Organizing -- Translating Ideas -- Re-embedding Through Sensemaking -- Sensemaking as Organizing -- Noticing Something as New -- Categorizing and Setting a Course for Action -- (En)acting as Changing the Environment That Changes Actors -- Making Sense of Wicked Problems -- Contestation and Institutional Change -- Summary -- Literature -- 3 The European Union as a Modern Empire -- Systems of Difference -- The End of Colonialism, the Continuation of Imperialism -- European Communities and Colonial Territories -- Producing and Using Authoritative Knowledge -- Uganda in Figures -- Development Cooperation -- Summary -- Literature -- 4 Contested Human Rights -- A New Equality Discourse, Leading to a Nation-State Model -- Rights ; Qua Personhood -- From a New Equality Discourse to the Nation-State Model -- A New Category of Human -- Differentiation of the Category of Human -- Human Rights' Impact on Development -- Human Rights as a Global Norm -- Contested "Western" Human Rights -- The Dilemma of Human Rights Promotion Beyond State Sovereignty -- Summary -- Literature -- 5 From Deviant Sexuality to LGBTI -- Sex and Gender During the Modern Period -- Toward the Autonomous Gendered and Sexual Individual -- Knowing About Sex, Relationships, and Sexuality in "Africa".; Legal Norms and Their Legacy -- Africa on the Rainbow Map -- Threat to the Nation Versus Self-Determination -- Decriminalization and Demedicalization -- Self-determination and Human Rights -- The Success of LGBTI -- An Acronym and Its Meaning(s) -- LGBTI as a Compound Cultural Category in Flux -- Summary -- Literature -- 6 The EU as a Complex Modern Organization -- The EU Today as a Meta Organization and a Focal Organization -- EU as a Meta Organization -- EU as a Focal Organization -- The Effects of Formal Structures -- LGBTI at the EU -- Human Rights and LGBTI Within the Structures of DEVCO and EEAS -- European Union Delegation and Member State Embassies in Uganda -- Human Rights and LGBTI in the EU Delegation and Embassies in Uganda -- Economic Underpinnings of a Normative Union -- One EU, Three Pillars -- Human Rights Become Part of EU Primary Law -- Fundamental Rights as the EU's "Almost Constitution" -- Aiming for Coherence -- Coherence Within the EU -- Coherence Between the Internal and External Dimensions -- The EU's Legitimacy Under Threat -- Summary -- Literature -- 7 Human Rights for LGBTI in EU Foreign Policy -- Travels of an Idea -- A Counter Idea -- The Anti-Homosexuality Bill -- A European Parliament Resolution -- Formulating Expectations -- The Ugandan Government Reaction -- Criminalization as the Problem -- Negotiating Neoimperialism -- Further Categorizing the World -- A New Version of the AHB -- Signed and Annulled -- Summary -- Literature -- 8 Dealing with a Wicked Problem in Brussels -- A Highly Contested Topic -- Contesting Contestation -- Making of a Toolkit -- An Action Point with LGBTI Guidelines -- Drafting LGBTI Guidelines -- Adopting Guidelines -- LGBT Becomes LGBTI -- Defining and Redefining the "Problem" in Policy -- From Sexual Orientation to LGBTI -- Establishing the European Union as Savior in the EU Parl Resolutions.; Prosecuting States as the Problem in the LGBT Toolkit -- Contestedness as the "Problem" in the LGBTI Council Guidelines -- Contestedness as a Problem -- Justifying Intervention with Universality -- Legitimizing Action Through a Case-by-Case Approach -- LGBTI Individuals as Rights Holders -- Greater Differentiation -- What Counts as Reliable Knowledge -- Continued Negotiations: The Politics -- Problem Definitions -- "Human Rights Taliban" -- Working with CSOs -- "…They Are Emotional" -- Rationality Rules -- "…Eclipsing Other Rights" -- Stressing Equal Importance -- "The West Against the Rest" -- Silent Diplomacy -- Guidelines on the Guidelines -- Reception -- Summary and Preliminary Analysis -- Literature -- 9 Dealing with a Wicked Problem in Kampala -- A Highly Contested Topic -- Definitions of the Problem -- "It Touches on the Raison d'être" -- Generating and Agreeing on Sense -- Meaning-Making Through Figures -- "They Are Exaggerating" -- Creating Attention -- (Re-)Establishing Themselves as the Experts -- Distributing Information Instead of Consulting -- "It Doesn't Matter What Happens in Uganda" -- Dealing with Headquarters -- Coordinating Embassies -- Three Statements -- "I Also Expected Them to Pay More Attention to Us" -- ; Continued Engagement with the Government -- Agreeing on Museveni as a Man of Reason -- "We Don't Pay for Our Values" -- Informal Threats -- The "Rule Book" -- Written Assurance -- Temporary Stability -- "As Soon as You Have One Dead Body" -- "It's a Matter of Time" -- "They Are Never for Crisis" -- Guidelines on the Guidelines -- Summary and Preliminary Analysis -- Literature -- 10 Conclusion -- Organizing a Wicked Problem -- Explaining Contested Institutional Change -- A Better Grasp of Context -- Attention Hindering Decoupling -- Further Research -- Literature -- Annex A: Methodology -- Grounded Theory Inspired Methodology.; Case Study Design -- Data and Analysis -- Annex B: List of Interviews and Documents -- Annex C: Interviews and Documents Cited -- Annex D: Uganda and Human Rights -- Annex E: List of EU &amp -- Member State Representation in Uganda -- Glossary -- Literature -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book by Lydia Malmedie examines the European Union's efforts to promote human rights for LGBTI persons in Uganda, framing it as a 'wicked problem' in international relations. It explores the complexities and challenges of advocating for LGBTI rights within a context marked by cultural, political, and social resistance. The author analyzes how the EU navigates these challenges through its policies and organizational structures, while also addressing the broader implications of human rights advocacy in post-colonial settings. The book is aimed at scholars and practitioners in international relations, human rights, and social policy, offering insights into the intersection of global norms and local practices.