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"Studying contested applications of norms of international law, this book develops a rhetorical approach to norm contestation and change. It will improve understandings of how contestation affects norm strength and how argumentation, audience reactions, and delegation influence contestation outcomes. Suitable for students and scholars of International Relations and International Law"--
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Alternate endings of norm contestation; 2. Persistence of alternate endings: argumentation, audience reactions and delegation to agents; 3. Norm impasse: contested statehoods of Kosovo, South Ossetia and Abkhazia (territorial integrity vs. self-determination); 4. Norm neglect: 2011 Libya no-fly zone (R2P, PoC vs. sovereignty) and South China Sea dispute (UNCLOS, 2016 arbitral award vs. nine-dash line, four sha); 5. Norm recognition: 2003 Iraq war (chapter VII norms) and targeted sanctions (due process rights); 6. Norm Clarification: international terrorism (right to self-defense and torture prohibition); Conclusion; Bibliography.
About the author
Anette Stimmer is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on norm contestation and change, reasons for action, international security, and human rights. Her work has been published in the European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Global Security Studies. She has received awards from the International Studies Association and the Political Studies Association.
