Why a Book on Contestation? This book's theory of contestation is motivated by two recent
developments in the field of international relations theories. First, most constructivist and …

The introduction develops this special issue's main research question: under which
conditions are challenges to norms likely to decrease their robustness? The issue presents …

Norm dynamics studies typically accord a special status to norm entrepreneurs, actors who
promote new global norms. But conceptually privileging these agents of change has meant …

The diffusion of international norms and their effects on policy and political behaviour are
central research questions in international relations. Informed by constructivism, prevailing …

How Rights of Nature laws are transforming governance to address environmental crises
through more ecologically sustainable approaches to development. With the window of …

Norms are one of the most widely studied topics of contemporary International Relations
scholarship. Norms scholars have created an extensive theoretical and empirical literature …

The study of international norms from a social constructivist perspective has been one of the
major conceptual innovations to the discipline of international relations (IR) over the past …

To what extent are global rule-of-law norms, which external actors promote in post-conflict
states, localized? Who decides whether global standards or local particularities prevail …

Governments around the world are adopting laws granting Nature rights. Despite expressing
common meta-norms transmitted through transnational networks, rights of Nature (RoN) …

In studying the global spread and implementation of liberal norms, scholars have moved
from linear notions of norm diffusion and promotion to an emphasis on norm contestation …