The author explores why a large number of international organizations adopted sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa despite strategic and econo

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

Research on international norms has yet to answer satisfactorily some of our own most important questions about the origins of norms and the conditions under wh

This book addresses problems and puzzles associated with identifying international norms and the influence of these norms on the behavior of different states in

This volume uses the concept of ‘norms’ to initiate a long overdue conversation between the constructivist and postcolonial scholarships on how to appraise