Matches in UGent Biblio for { ?s ?p The League of Nation’s minority policy is neglected in globalization studies, although it can be considered as the precursor of the United Nations’ human rights policy. Its failure is commonly attributed to German and Polish nationalism and a weak international body, opposed to the universalizing global project, which has become more promising with the establishment of the United Nations. However, we claim in this article that such a dichotomized perspective is not nuanced enough to grasp the complex mechanisms present in both the League of Nations and the United Nations. We contribute to the globalization debate by developing a more qualified framework and applying it to the origin of global governance, using Meyer’s world culture theory in a directed interpretative analysis of secondary literature on the German-Polish minority case. With the concepts of actorhood and decoupling, Meyer points to the diffusion of a world culture in which nation states continue to play an important role. Taking this insight as a point of departure, our analysis reveals the need to integrate the factors of nationalism and lack of repressive capacity. However, instead of seeing these factors as diametrically opposed to the globalization process, we identify these mechanisms as being produced by world culture itself. In conclusion, we suggest that the study of United Nations’ human rights policy would also benefit from using the developed nuanced approach.. }
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- aggregation abstract "The League of Nation’s minority policy is neglected in globalization studies, although it can be considered as the precursor of the United Nations’ human rights policy. Its failure is commonly attributed to German and Polish nationalism and a weak international body, opposed to the universalizing global project, which has become more promising with the establishment of the United Nations. However, we claim in this article that such a dichotomized perspective is not nuanced enough to grasp the complex mechanisms present in both the League of Nations and the United Nations. We contribute to the globalization debate by developing a more qualified framework and applying it to the origin of global governance, using Meyer’s world culture theory in a directed interpretative analysis of secondary literature on the German-Polish minority case. With the concepts of actorhood and decoupling, Meyer points to the diffusion of a world culture in which nation states continue to play an important role. Taking this insight as a point of departure, our analysis reveals the need to integrate the factors of nationalism and lack of repressive capacity. However, instead of seeing these factors as diametrically opposed to the globalization process, we identify these mechanisms as being produced by world culture itself. In conclusion, we suggest that the study of United Nations’ human rights policy would also benefit from using the developed nuanced approach.".