President Donald J. Trump

An agent of norm death

Bibliographic Data

ID9937501
AuthorsDiana Panke (0000-0002-4434-1478, Professur für Governance in Mehrebenensystemen, Seminar für Wissenschaftliche Politik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, corresponding author), Ulrich Petersohn (0000-0002-2423-5264, University of Liverpool)
Year2017
Volume72
Issue4
Pages572-579
Publication date2017-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020702017740159
OpenAlexW2775001251
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Since his inauguration, US President Donald Trump has made news by violating international and domestic norms, such as norms of diplomatic communication or the non-discrimination norm. This paper uses theoretical approaches to norm eradication in order to examine whether President Trump has turned into an effective agent of norm death leading to the abolition of domestic and international standards of appropriateness. It discusses how the precision of the respective norms, the stability of their contexts, and the actions of norm proponents have played out. This reveals that President Trump’s actions have so far lacked effectiveness, and have not led to norm death. The longevity of challenged norms cannot be taken for granted, however—especially if the challenger is a powerful actor. In order to avoid norm death under this circumstance, it is essential that norm proponents possess capacities and competencies to act, and employ them to defend challenged norms

Law and economics · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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