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Norms, Practices, and Social Change in Global Politics

By Steven Bernstein , Aarie Glas , Marion Laurence

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2025
ISBN
9781009561013, 9781009560986, 9781009560993
DOI
10.1017/9781009560986
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1854185 bytes)
Series
Elements in International Relations
Pages
\90
Time added
2025-03-31 02:14:33

Description

Debate over how to recognize and understand change and continuity has long animated the field of International Relations. This Element brings norm-oriented and practice-oriented approaches into conversation to advance a wide-ranging account of change and continuity in global politics. It elaborates four scenarios in which norm and practice interactions produce change and continuity: relative continuity and a tight coupling of practices and norms; change through accidental incompetence; new competencies that create disjunctures; and change through deliberate contestation. It demonstrates the utility of the approach using empirical illustrations from the fields of global health and development. The Element also shows the wider applicability of the scenarios for major contemporary debates about change in global governance and security.

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