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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung |
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Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung.
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| Contents |
Intro; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Boxes, and Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research question and focus of this study; 1.2 Key findings in a nutshell; 1.3 The study's cornerstones, key contributions, and added value; 1.3.1 Introducing the empirical case and empirical added value; 1.3.2 Making the case for theoretical added value; 1.3.3 Making the case for methodological added value; 1.3.4 Practical-political implications of the research; 1.4 Chapter-by-chapter structure of this book; 2 The research methodology used |
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2.1 The grounded theory approach as a methodological compass2.1.1 Unique features of the applied grounded theory approach; 2.1.2 Abduction and prior theoretical knowledge; 2.1.3 State of the art and literature review?; 2.1.4 Grounded theory -- what kind of theory?; 2.2 "Data gathering": Field research in UN agencies and committees in Geneva (OHCHR, HRC) and Rome (FAO, CFS); 2.2.1 Access and positionality; 2.2.2 Gathering data: Interviews, conversations, observations, documents; 2.2.3 Multi-sited ethnography: "Hanging out in international politics." |
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2.3 "Data analysis": Explanation of the empirically grounded analytical process2.3.1 How did the analysis proceed within the grounded theory framework?; 2.3.2 Interview transcripts and coding (open, focused, selective); 2.3.2.1 Open coding; 2.3.2.2 Axial or focused coding?; 2.3.2.3 Selective coding, theory building, and theoretical saturation; 2.3.3 Theoretical sampling in practice; 2.3.4 Memo writing and issues of (self- )reflexivity; 2.3.5 Discourse analytical tools: "Undeceivable reflexivity"; 2.4 Synthesis and critical assessment |
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3 Institutional roadblocks to mainstreaming the right to food in the FAO3.1 "Silo culture" in the FAO and beyond: The core category and its implications; 3.1.1 Properties and dimensions of the core category; 3.1.2 Exemplary silo evidence cross-cutting multiple dimensions; 3.1.3 Silos and mainstreaming (human rights); 3.2 The intra-organizational dimension: "The FAO as a bureaucracy"; 3.2.1 Opening up and zooming in on the FAO: Competing perceptions of the gap between official language and organizational human rights practices |
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3.2.2 The FAO mandate, identity, and self-perception: The FAO as a technical, inter-governmental agency and complex institution without a human rights core3.2.3 FAO organizational (HQ) structure, processes, and culture; 3.2.3.1 The dire state of FAO finances: Where the money goes, interest flows, and silos grow; 3.2.3.2 Staff morale: Precarious human resources policies fueling a culture of fear and uncertainty; 3.2.3.3 Staff mentality, mindset, and work culture: Resistance to new approaches; 3.2.3.4 "Italianization" and FAO headquarters architectural labyrinth; 3.2.3.5 Silo culture within FAO |
| Summary |
Carolin Anthes investigates how and why the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) struggles with systematically integrating a right to food approach in its operations. She analyzes multi-dimensional institutional roadblocks that prevent human rights from being fully mainstreamed. These barriers are shaped by a powerful state of fragmentation and disconnection: a silo culture. The book also offers valuable insights which go beyond the FAO and suggests a fairly unconventional avenue for systemic organizational change in (international) public administrations |
| Notes |
3.2.3.6 Gender mainstreaming in FAO: "Basta con gender!" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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| SUBJECT |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations fast |
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Human rights -- International cooperation
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Human rights -- International cooperation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783658277598 |
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3658277599 |
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