development of LAO societies toward forms of organization that enable more economic output, reduced violence, stable political ….The control of violence is central to the logic of all LAOs and is therefore at the heart of the problem of development. Because … the traditional economic framework fails to understand that LAO's are organized to prevent violence, its policy …

Do global norms change? This paper argues that the global norms on the elimination of violence against women first … agreed upon in connection with the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1993 have … violence against women. In relation to three of these normative elements, significant change has taken place since 1993. This …