This book investigates whether so-called rogue states – assumed antagonists of a Western-liberal world order – could also act as norm entrepreneurs by championing the genesis and evolution of global norms. The author explores this issue by analyzing the arms control policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A comparison with the prototypical norm entrepreneur Sweden and the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea – a notorious norm-breaker – reveals interesting insights for norm resear...

This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of the key established and rising state actors are considered, as well as those of nonaligned countries, nongovernmental organizations, and international governing bodies.Recent studies on m...

This book analyses the complex dynamics of international norm contestation and explores how norms adapt and withstand challenges in different settings. Examining the interplay between various types of contestation, norm robustness, and the resilience of norm clusters, it sheds light on what the authors define as ‘contestation in prism’. The book thus presents norm contestation as a multifaceted process with far-reaching implications.In this context, it further discusses different c...

Die 21 Kapitel dieses Bandes beleuchten pointiert verschiedene Dimensionen des Themenbereichs "Radikalisierung und Deradikalisierung". Autorinnen und Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und (Sicherheits)-Behörden diskutieren dabei begriffliche Grundlagen, die verbindenden Elemente und Unterschiede der jeweiligen extremistischen Strömungen sowie das komplexe Gemenge an Faktoren, das Menschen in Radikalisierungsprozesse (und wieder heraus-) führen kann. Die Frage nach der Rolle der g...

This edited volume analyses different forms of resistance against international institutions and charts their success or failure in changing the normative orders embodied in these institutions. Non-state groups and specific states alike advocate alternative global politics, at the same time finding themselves demonized as pariahs and outlaws who disturb established systems of governance. However, over time, some of these actors not only manage to shake off such allegations, but even find t...