"normative contribution" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It usually implies a contribution to a social or cultural norm, and is often used in ethical, philosophical, or legal contexts. For example, you could say "The new legislation makes an important normative contribution to the protection of civil rights."
The discussion about voluntary certification of biofuels in Brazil has the chance to make a normative contribution to raise awareness on sustainability issues, which was emphasised by most interview partners.
These definitions frame and guide our exploration of the analytical and normative contribution that these two fields can make towards improved collective action to address global health challenges.
The contribution that 221P5 - Food Quality Control and Consumer Protection, could make to capacity building in member countries would be curtailed, as would the normative contribution of 221P1 - Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Assessment for Food Quality and Safety, to food quality and safety standard setting.
This paper investigates the effectiveness of such institutions when normative conflict makes contribution norms ambiguous.
This research suggests that the capacity of groups to self-govern is limited when normative conflict makes contribution norms ambiguous.
A variety of sociodental indicators have been developed and used to overcome the normative assessment, with contributions from psychology, sociology, economics, operational research, and biostatistics [ 2- 4].
Indeed, one prominent view of TMS is that it is a work in descriptive psychology or sociology, not a contribution to normative moral theory (Campbell 1971; Raphael 2007).
This article explores how a combined approach may make a more comprehensive contribution to resolving normative health issues and to advancing a normative framework for global health action than either approach made alone.
In science, it is a normative demand that all contributions to research should yield some cognitive profit, and their success in this respect can be assessed before publication by referees (peer review) and after publication by colleagues.
In these 'empirical-ethical studies', certain aspects of the empirical findings are linked to the ethical debate in order to demonstrate their contributions to normative reasoning.
The balance of this paper articulates how an approach that combines human rights and public health ethics can make a more comprehensive contribution to the normative analysis of health issues than either approach made alone.
