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Contesting clusters

A study of norm weaving in Pacific climate mobilities policies

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ID6431078
AuthorsLiam Moore (0000-0001-8052-5832, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume17
Issue1
Pages58-91
Publication date2024-09-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-9719 • E-ISSN: 1752-9727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1752971924000071
OpenAlexW4402989702
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited94

This article identifies a sub-category of norm contestation I've termed ‘norm weaving’, where actors contest the constitution of norm clusters, instead of the validity of individual norms. This occurs through processes of stretching or reproducing individual strands of existing norm clusters before weaving them together to create behaviour guides in undergoverned issue areas that are greater than the sum of their individual parts. I identify two examples of weaving in the world-leading actions of Fiji and Vanuatu around domestic climate mobilities. Using these two cases, we can see that existing models of norm dynamics need to be developed to better explain and understand weaving-like processes of norm contestation. There are two areas where norm weaving extends our understanding – in how clusters of norms emerge and change, and in how contestation applies to groupings of norms. Clarifying what norm weaving looks like in these cases could open the door to further examples being identified in other contexts and a more complete understanding of how norms operate in global politics

Economic geography · Geography · Mobilities · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Weaving · Anthropology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · International Development and Aid · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Materials Science

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