RwandaReconsidered
AStudyofNormViolation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11422653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luke Glanville (0000-0002-0235-1846, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-202 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9001 • E-ISSN: 1469-9397 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589000600769934 |
| OpenAlex | W1531290416 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Norm violation should be of particular interest to constructivists since it can reveal more clearly the nature of the interplay between norms and self-interest. Cases where humanitarian intervention fails to occur, for example, can expose the nuanced relationship between humanitarian norms and the material and strategic self-interests of states. We should not ignore these cases but engage with them. They could reveal traces of norms in spite of their violation. The response of the international community to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 is such an example. This tragic case study provides us with rich insights into the strength and nature\nof the norm prescribing intervention. For reasons of space, this paper will consider only the response of the United States to the genocide. The US is by no means an ordinary state, if there is such a thing, and so any conclusions will not necessarily apply to others. Nevertheless, as global hegemon, the US is enormously influential. As Kegley and Raymond (2004:41) suggest, “When the reigning hegemon promotes a new set of norms, the code of conduct changes for virtually everyone. What the strongest do eventually defines what everybody should do, and when that practice becomes common, it tends to take on an aura of obligation”
Civil society · CLARITY · Genocide · Human rights · Humanitarian intervention · International community · Intervention (counseling · Law and economics · Norm (philosophy · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology
Freedom on Fire
National Interests in International Society
The Purpose of Intervention
Saving Strangers
Argument and Change in World Politics
Problems and Prospects in the Study of International Norms
A People Betrayed
Sovereignty
Global Terrorism and Military Preemption
Humanitarian Intervention and the Three Traditions
Norms in International Relations
Empathy, Respect, and Humanitarian Intervention
U.N. Peacekeeping, American Policy, and the Uncivil Wars of the 1990s
Conspiracy to Murder
Why Comply? Social Learning and European Identity Change
Norms reconstituting interests
The Constructive Turn in International Relations Theory
Norms Are What States Make of Them
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
East Timor and the new humanitarian interventionism
A Perfect Failure
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |