Corinne Lennox is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Co-Director of the Human Rights Consortium, both at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• Preface 1. Introduction: Minorities, States and Norm Entrepreneurship in International Society 2. Indigenous Peoples and Roma as Norm Entrepreneurs 3. Dalits and Norm Entrepreneurship on Caste-Based Discrimination 4. Afro-descendants and Norm Entrepreneurship in Latin America 5. Conclusion: Assessing Group-Specific Norm Entrepreneurship

"Corinne Lennox’s ground-breaking study of transnational norm entrepreneurship by marginalized groups offers an instructive contrast to State-centred understandings of norm development and acceptance. In examining models of possibility in place of stasis, the rich analysis of the dynamics of minority achievement undermines standard narratives of community powerlessness and State hegemony." – Patrick Thornberry, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Keele University, UK"Corinne Lennox makes a powerful and original contribution to minority rights theory. Drawing on her unique experience and research, and her sophisticated political science approach, especially norm entrepreneurship theory, she throws new light on the struggles and achievements, and their right to self-determination, of the Roma, the Dalits, and Afro-descendants from 2001 to the present." – Professor Bill Bowring FAcSS, Barrister, Director of the LLM/MA in Human Rights, Director of Mooting, School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK"Lennox’s extensive research history within the global development network, working with the UNDP and NGOs and more recently criticizing activist scholarship, makes for analysis that acknowledges both the gains and limitations of human-rights discourse. Lennox provides a detailed resource for those interested in minority rights in general, those interested in cases such as the ones concerning Dalits in South Asia and descendants of Africans in Latin America, and those studying norm entrepreneurship. Advanced students and scholars of political science and human rights will benefit from the lucid case studies and the solid theoretical grounding of this work." – H. L. Katz, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA

Corinne Lennox is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Co-Director of the Human Rights Consortium, both at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• Preface 1. Introduction: Minorities, States and Norm Entrepreneurship in International Society 2. Indigenous Peoples and Roma as Norm Entrepreneurs 3. Dalits and Norm Entrepreneurship on Caste-Based Discrimination 4. Afro-descendants and Norm Entrepreneurship in Latin America 5. Conclusion: Assessing Group-Specific Norm Entrepreneurship

"Corinne Lennox’s ground-breaking study of transnational norm entrepreneurship by marginalized groups offers an instructive contrast to State-centred understandings of norm development and acceptance. In examining models of possibility in place of stasis, the rich analysis of the dynamics of minority achievement undermines standard narratives of community powerlessness and State hegemony." – Patrick Thornberry, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Keele University, UK"Corinne Lennox makes a powerful and original contribution to minority rights theory. Drawing on her unique experience and research, and her sophisticated political science approach, especially norm entrepreneurship theory, she throws new light on the struggles and achievements, and their right to self-determination, of the Roma, the Dalits, and Afro-descendants from 2001 to the present." – Professor Bill Bowring FAcSS, Barrister, Director of the LLM/MA in Human Rights, Director of Mooting, School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK"Lennox’s extensive research history within the global development network, working with the UNDP and NGOs and more recently criticizing activist scholarship, makes for analysis that acknowledges both the gains and limitations of human-rights discourse. Lennox provides a detailed resource for those interested in minority rights in general, those interested in cases such as the ones concerning Dalits in South Asia and descendants of Africans in Latin America, and those studying norm entrepreneurship. Advanced students and scholars of political science and human rights will benefit from the lucid case studies and the solid theoretical grounding of this work." – H. L. Katz, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA

Corinne Lennox is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Co-Director of the Human Rights Consortium, both at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

• Preface 1. Introduction: Minorities, States and Norm Entrepreneurship in International Society 2. Indigenous Peoples and Roma as Norm Entrepreneurs 3. Dalits and Norm Entrepreneurship on Caste-Based Discrimination 4. Afro-descendants and Norm Entrepreneurship in Latin America 5. Conclusion: Assessing Group-Specific Norm Entrepreneurship

"Corinne Lennox’s ground-breaking study of transnational norm entrepreneurship by marginalized groups offers an instructive contrast to State-centred understandings of norm development and acceptance. In examining models of possibility in place of stasis, the rich analysis of the dynamics of minority achievement undermines standard narratives of community powerlessness and State hegemony." – Patrick Thornberry, Emeritus Professor of International Law, Keele University, UK"Corinne Lennox makes a powerful and original contribution to minority rights theory. Drawing on her unique experience and research, and her sophisticated political science approach, especially norm entrepreneurship theory, she throws new light on the struggles and achievements, and their right to self-determination, of the Roma, the Dalits, and Afro-descendants from 2001 to the present." – Professor Bill Bowring FAcSS, Barrister, Director of the LLM/MA in Human Rights, Director of Mooting, School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK"Lennox’s extensive research history within the global development network, working with the UNDP and NGOs and more recently criticizing activist scholarship, makes for analysis that acknowledges both the gains and limitations of human-rights discourse. Lennox provides a detailed resource for those interested in minority rights in general, those interested in cases such as the ones concerning Dalits in South Asia and descendants of Africans in Latin America, and those studying norm entrepreneurship. Advanced students and scholars of political science and human rights will benefit from the lucid case studies and the solid theoretical grounding of this work." – H. L. Katz, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA