How do we account for norm (non-) compliance in complex situations of global governance?
Instead of emphasising power and diverging interests, this research note develops an …

To demonstrate the interplay between the constitution and contestation of fundamental
norms in global governance, the paper discusses the rule of law as an example. The rule of …

Globalisation is not what it used to be. Earlier debates over how to read the indicators of
economic liberalisation and the impact of technological expansion have now been joined by …

This article analyses two requirements that distinguish research on the 'agency of the
governed': a better concept of ethics and moral values, and a better understanding of the …

This article offers a new conceptualisation of the meaning of norms in world politics. It starts
from the observation that existing norm scholarship in International Relations has …

International relations teeters on the edge of an abyss of irrelevance. As an academic
pursuit, it has become disparate and fragmented. Those of us in the discipline have ceased …

This article takes the example of global governance in order to reflect on the problematic
relationship between theory and practice and on the gap that exists between the academic …

ATheory of Contestation is an ambitious and rather challenging book that brings ideas from
public philosophy to international relations analysis, but reaches far beyond existing …

Legitimacy is an important question to ask of the theory and practice of global governance.
In this introduction, we make two propositions that are used to push thinking about these …

International Norm Disputes: The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness offers a
rich, comparative study of when and why contested international norms decline. It presents …