British counterterrorism, the international prohibition of torture, and the multiple streams framework
Heaphy J (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 50
Pages Range: 225-241
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1332/030557321x16375950978608
Abstract
After years of violating the basic principles of human rights in the name of counterterrorism, western democracies have begun to implement extraterritorial safeguards that extend protections under the Convention against Torture to foreigners abroad. The case of the UK and the development of the ‘Principles’ in 2019, however, presents a particular puzzle to policymaking research, as it challenges traditional hypotheses regarding the opening of problem windows within the multiple streams framework. Accordingly, the UK presents an interesting case in which a powerful state willingly engaged in self-restraint, despite little electoral pressure to do so and a persistently high terrorist threat. Drawing on theory-building process-tracing, this article addresses this gap using data from semi-structured interviews with British policy experts to present a refined hypothesis, which can also be applied to policy fields of little public interest and processes of foreign policymaking
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APA:
Heaphy, J. (2022). British counterterrorism, the international prohibition of torture, and the multiple streams framework. Policy and Politics, 50(2), 225-241. https://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557321x16375950978608
MLA:
Heaphy, Janina. "British counterterrorism, the international prohibition of torture, and the multiple streams framework." Policy and Politics 50.2 (2022): 225-241.
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