Advocacy Coalition Constellations and Norm Collisions: Insights from International Drug Control, Human Trafficking, and Child Labour

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Table 1. Overview of issue areas and their characteristics.

Characteristics	Prohibitive Norms	Advocacy Coalition	Norm Collision
Issue Area
Drug Control	Prohibition and criminalisation of drugs except for medical and scientific purposes.	One advocacy coalition, challenging the dominant position of criminalisation and prohibition.	Drug criminalisation and prohibition vs harm reduction and the right to health.
Human Trafficking	Prohibition of human trafficking.	Two coalitions with opposing views on prostitution.	Banning all forms of prostitution vs regulating voluntary prostitution (prohibition of sexual exploitation vs acknowledgement of the independent decisions by women to engage in sex work).
Child Labour	Prohibition of (the worst forms of) child labour. Prohibition of child labour under the age of 15 (14 in some cases).	Two coalitions, one supporting the dominant ILO position and one challenging the prohibition with reference to right to work and participatory rights.	Right to work vs prohibition of child labour.

Source: Authors.