But it falls short of Western democratic norms in some important respects.

Its language was changed to make it closer to Western legal norms.

Colonial powers often imposed Western norms on colonized regions.

Without obliterating other cultures, Western norms and ideals have influenced them to abandon some of their more backward practices.

The two dissenting groups are the parties most strongly oriented toward Western European liberal norms.

Retirement, although now approaching Western norms, until recently occurred at 55.

The story imagines "the point of view of someone who (did not grow) up here with our Western social norms."

The definition of social progress was tied to adherence to Western socio-cultural norms.