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.

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

This book assesses the impact of norms on decision-making. It argues that norms influence choices not by being causes for actions, but by providing reasons. Con

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