Norms without the great powers : international law and changing social standards in world politics / Adam Bower.
2017
KZ1318 .B685 2017 (Mapit)
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Norms without the great powers : international law and changing social standards in world politics / Adam Bower.
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Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
xxii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Non-great power treaties in international relations
A social theory of treaty influence
Assessing treaty impact
Building a community of law : state parties and the mine ban treaty
Informal adaptation : non-parties and the mine ban treaty
State parties and the International Criminal Court
Non-parties and the International Criminal Court
Lessons from the cases
Conclusion: Towards a research agenda on non-great power institutions.
A social theory of treaty influence
Assessing treaty impact
Building a community of law : state parties and the mine ban treaty
Informal adaptation : non-parties and the mine ban treaty
State parties and the International Criminal Court
Non-parties and the International Criminal Court
Lessons from the cases
Conclusion: Towards a research agenda on non-great power institutions.
Summary
Norms Without the Great Powers" examines the nature of power in world politics, and the particular role that law plays in defining the meaning and deployment of power in the international system. Specifically, it seeks to further explicate the social dimensions of power as the capacity to shape how actors think about the world, in contrast to the more typical conception emphasizing material properties such as military or economic capabilities. Participating in international institutions and being seen as 'law-abiding' is a potent source of status for states and non-state actors alike. In engaging with the law, actors are inducted into a complex set of collective expectations that profoundly shape the way they frame their interests and pursue their policy goals. This process is first examined theoretically, and then through a detailed evaluation of two prominent-and challenging-multilateral institutions, the ban on antipersonnel mines and the International Criminal Court.
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Revised version of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of British Columbia.
Norms Without the Great Powers" examines the nature of power in world politics, and the particular role that law plays in defining the meaning and deployment of power in the international system. Specifically, it seeks to further explicate the social dimensions of power as the capacity to shape how actors think about the world, in contrast to the more typical conception emphasizing material properties such as military or economic capabilities. Participating in international institutions and being seen as 'law-abiding' is a potent source of status for states and non-state actors alike. In engaging with the law, actors are inducted into a complex set of collective expectations that profoundly shape the way they frame their interests and pursue their policy goals. This process is first examined theoretically, and then through a detailed evaluation of two prominent-and challenging-multilateral institutions, the ban on antipersonnel mines and the International Criminal Court.
Norms Without the Great Powers" examines the nature of power in world politics, and the particular role that law plays in defining the meaning and deployment of power in the international system. Specifically, it seeks to further explicate the social dimensions of power as the capacity to shape how actors think about the world, in contrast to the more typical conception emphasizing material properties such as military or economic capabilities. Participating in international institutions and being seen as 'law-abiding' is a potent source of status for states and non-state actors alike. In engaging with the law, actors are inducted into a complex set of collective expectations that profoundly shape the way they frame their interests and pursue their policy goals. This process is first examined theoretically, and then through a detailed evaluation of two prominent-and challenging-multilateral institutions, the ban on antipersonnel mines and the International Criminal Court.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-280) and index.
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KZ1318 .B685 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780198789871
0198789874
0198789874
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