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Matching humanitarian norms with cold, hard interests: the making of refugee policies in Mexico and Honduras, 1980–80

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Serious consideration of the role of humanitarian norms and institutions in policymaking does not require the abandonment of an interest-based, rational actor model of policy analysis. However, it does require that scholars focus their attention on international institutional arrangements which are normally overlooked by realists but which may determine the ways in which policymakers match their interests with policy options. The analysis presented here assumes that policies are based on policymakers' calculations of national interests, but it posits that these calculations are affected by incentives and policy options emanating from international norm-promoting institutions. The study attempts to explain how the intervention of an institution of this type led policymakers in two cases to reassess and reinterpret their interests on issues of humanitarian norm compliance.

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  • Hartigan, Kevin, 1992. "Matching humanitarian norms with cold, hard interests: the making of refugee policies in Mexico and Honduras, 1980–80," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 46(3), pages 709-730, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:intorg:v:46:y:1992:i:03:p:709-730_02
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