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Global diffusion of laws: The case of minimum age of marriage legislation, 1965-2015
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Abstract The majority of countries in the world have laws setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 years old. This is a global legislative trend that intensified greatly in the 1990s. What explains this trend? To answer this question, I conduct quantitative analyses of factors influencing legislation settin... mehr
The majority of countries in the world have laws setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 years old. This is a global legislative trend that intensified greatly in the 1990s. What explains this trend? To answer this question, I conduct quantitative analyses of factors influencing legislation setting the minimum age of marriage at 18. I analyse time-series data for 167 countries from 1965 to 2015 to examine which countries were early adopters of legislation. Drawing on world society theory, I theorise that global level institutionalisation of norms concerning women and children is the key to understand the passing of minimum age of marriage laws. Findings indicate that world cultural scripts and the presence of women legislators are the main impetus behind the fight against child marriage. Countries with a Muslim majority are less likely to pass laws setting the minimum age of marriage at 18.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Heirat; Kind; Lebensalter; gesetzliche Regelung; internationaler Vergleich; historische Entwicklung; Menschenrechte; Weltgesellschaft; Globalisierung; Norm
Klassifikation
Recht
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
global sociology; world society theory
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 1-35
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology (2021) Latest Articles
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/233031
ISSN
2325-4815
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)