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The European Union, Capacity Building, and Transnational Networks: Combating Violence Against Women Through the Daphne Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2008

Celeste Montoya
Celeste Montoya
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

One of the ways that international organizations promote policy agendas is through the use of management strategies, including initiatives that focus on domestic capacity building. As the European Union (EU) has evolved, it has used management strategies to expand its influence over a multitude of policy issues in innovative ways. This research note provides an empirical examination of how the EU has used capacity building strategies in an effort to address violence against women. In particular, I focus on EU efforts to build the capacity of domestic advocacy organizations through the distribution of resources and the facilitation of transnational networking. By using data I collected on the Daphne program, the EU's primary mechanism for addressing gender violence, and by employing both qualitative and social network analysis, I provide empirical evidence that demonstrates how the EU has provided new political opportunities for domestic organizations to improve their capacity to combat violence against women.I would like to acknowledge the following people for their comments and support at various stages of this project: Lee Ann Banaszak, Steven Bloom, Tobin Grant, Phil Habel, Scott McClurg, Emma Moburg-Jones, Meg Rincker, Steve Shulman, Fred Solt, Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Michelle Wade, and anonymous reviewers.

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International Organization , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 359 - 372
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© 2008 The IO Foundation and Cambridge University Press

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