1st Edition
The Sustainable Development Goals Diffusion and Contestation in Asia and Europe
Section 1 Conceptual frameworks
1. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as international norms
Mina Chiba and Yasushi Katsuma
2. Adapting and applying the ‘spiral model’ to the diffusion of the SDGs
Thais Favero Souza and Paul Bacon
Section 2 Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being (SDG3)
3. Diffusion of UHC through global health diplomacy
Yasushi Katsuma
4. Diffusion of SRHR and local constraints: the Philippines
Elena Avramovska
5. Sexuality education in Thailand: Contestation and reconciliation
Mina Chiba
Section 3 Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education (SDG4)
6. Reformulation of inclusive education: Cambodia
Makiko Hayashi
7. Diffusion of inclusive education in Malawi
Jun Kawaguchi and Kazuo Kuroda
8. Challenges for diffusing Global Citizenship Education in Japan
Leyla Radjai
Section 4 Full and productive employment and decent work (SDG8)
9. Gender equality and decent work: Japan
Thais Favero Souza
10. Tackling forced labour in Thailand: The role of the EU and ILO
Paul Bacon and Nishkhan Usayapant
11. Diffusion of labour rights: Georgia 2003–2019
Shukuko Koyama
12. Mainstreaming animal welfare: The role of EU trade policy
Stephanie Ghislain
Section 5 Conclusion
13. Norm diffusion, norm contestation and the SDGs
Paul Bacon, Mina Chiba, and Frederik Ponjaert
Biography
Paul Bacon, PhD is a tenured Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of International Research and Education, and a Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies at Waseda University, Japan. His research interests include the SDGs, human security, EU–Japan relations, NATO-Japan relations, Brexit, liberal international order, and human rights norm diffusion.
Mina Chiba, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies (ORIS), Waseda University. Her major field of study is international development and human rights. Her research interests include global governance in education and health, non-cognitive skills development, and regionalization of higher education.
Frederik Ponjaert is Researcher and Lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Associate Lecturer in Comparative Regionalism at SciencesPo (IEP-Paris). His research is on comparative regionalism, with an emphasis on European and Asian realities.
