Institutions fighting Trafficking in Human Beings in the Contemporary Romania (original) (raw)
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Networks of Interdependency_________________________________ p.17 2.4.1. IGO's vs. INGO's___________________________________ p.17 2.4.2. Other players in the international decision-making field_____ p.18 2.5. Best practices in counter-trafficking policy_______________________ p.18 2.5.1. Perspectives on combating human trafficking______________ p.18 2.5.2. Best practices described_______________________________ p.19 2.5.2.1. Practical vs. logical practices___________________ p.19 2.5.1.2. Subjectivity________________________________ p.21 2.6. Europeanization____________________________________________ p.22 2.6.1. Definition of Europeanization__________________________ p.22 2.6.2. Structural Europeanization____________________________ p.23 2.6.3. Explanations of European cooperation___________________ p.24 2.6.4. Adaptation_________________________________________ p.25 2.7 Conclusion________________________________________________ p.27 3. Research design and methodology_____________________________________ p.29 3.1. Introduction_______________________________________________ p.29 3.2. Variable Scheme___________________________________________ p.29 3.3. Choice of subject organization_________________________________ p.30 3.4. Focused interview__________________________________________ p.31 3.5. Secondary analysis__________________________________________ p.31 3.6. Analysis__________________________________________________ p.32 3.7. Conclusion________________________________________________ p.32 4. The International Organization for Migration____________________________ p.33 4.1 Introduction_______________________________________________ p.33 4.2. Description of the International Organization for Migration__________ p.33 4.2.1. History and context of the IOM_________________________p.33 4.2.2. Mission Statement___________________________________ p.34 4.3. Activities of the IOM mission Romania_________________________ p.34 4.3.1. Managing Migration___________________________________ p.34 4..4. Conclusion________________________________________________ p.35 5. Counter-trafficking_________________________________________________ p.37 5.1. Introduction_______________________________________________ p.37 5.2. Historical background on the concept of trafficking________________ p.37 5.3. Working definition of trafficking______________________________ p.38 5.4. Approaches towards counter-trafficking_________________________ p.39 5.5. IOM mission Romania and counter-trafficking____________________ p.40 5.5.1. Contextual developments________________________________p.40 5.5.2. Counter-trafficking projects______________________________p.41 5.6. Conclusion________________________________________________ p.42 6. Network of actors in counter-trafficking policy___________________________p.43 6.1. Introduction_______________________________________________ p.43 6.2. International actors in the counter-trafficking network______________ p.43 6.2.1. The United Nations and the Palermo Protocol_____________ p.43 6.2.2. The Global Alliance Against Traffic on Women___________ p.44 6.2.3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization_____________________ p.44 6.3. Regional Actors in the counter-trafficking network________________ p.45 6.3.1. The European Union_________________________________ p.45 6.3.2. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe____ p.45 6.4. National actors in the counter-trafficking network_________________ p.46 6.4.1. National actors______________________________________ p.46 6.4.2. National Legislation__________________________________ p.46 6.5. Local actors in the counter-trafficking network____________________ p.47 6.6 Conclusion________________________________________________ p.47 7. The IOM mission Romania and the accession to the European Union_________ p.49 7.1. Introduction_______________________________________________ p.49 7.2 Historical background: negotiations____________________________ p.49 7.3. State of affairs towards accession______________________________ p.49 7.4. Conclusion________________________________________________p.51 8.
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