The Theory of Contestation advances critical norms research in international relations. It scrutinises the uses of ‘contestation’ in international relations

This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world polit

Examines the involvement of local actors in conflicts over global norms at the intersection between international relations and international law.

This Brief uses the theory of norm contestation as a model for understanding variation in norm-related behavior in international relations. While most typical a

Despite the increase in the number of studies in international relations using concepts from a role theory perspective, scholarship continues to assume that a s