Norms are a foundational concept in sociology. Following a period of skepticism about
norms as overly deterministic and as paying too little attention to social conflict, inequalities …

Social meta-norms, including human rights, gender equality, equity and environmental
justice, are mainstream principles of good environmental governance. The permeation of …

The meaning of norms is empirically contested. Supposing an inherent instability of norm
meaning, contestation, therefore, represents a fundamental conceptual challenge to the …

Weaponised artificial intelligence (AI) and the prospective development of lethal
autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are topics that have sparked international debate on …

This study is concerned with tracing the process of how conflict prevention is moving from
the realm of ideas to the field of action. Why is it that, despite historical as well as recent …

International norm polarization is a rare but recurring process within international norm
dynamics. Polarization describes the most combative response to attempted norm change:'a …

Contestations over justice and equity in international environmental regimes present striking
evidence of the struggle to create institutions for global environmental governance that are …

Background Recent scholarship has increasingly identified global power asymmetries as
the root cause of health inequities. This article examines how such asymmetries manifest in …

Climate change has come to have numerous meanings “on our wonderful blue planet
earth”(Toepfer 2005). Over the last twenty years, small steps have been taken to recognize …

Applying a Bourdieusian feminist practice theory approach to the study of norm
implementation, this article introduces a fourth level of analysis, the embodied subject who is …