Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 339-362

Journal: European review of international studies

Volume number: 9

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 2196-6923

eISSN: 2196-7415

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1163/21967415-09030001

Publisher: BRILL

Abstract: 
In this introduction to the Special Issue, we suggest a decolonised and entangled perspective in norms research that transcends the Western legacies of global norms by taking into account the complex constellations and interactions within and between norms. We seek to move beyond the dichotomy of 'good' Western versus 'bad' non -Western norms without simply reversing it. We instead propose to integrate three dimensions into norms research: 1) revealing the ambivalences and ambiguities inherent to norms; 2) investigating plural actors as vectors of normative change; and 3) broadening the disciplinary realm of norms research. Our aim is to further develop the empirical and conceptual discussion of norms that moves beyond a Western bias without simply giving up on normative assessments of norms.

Harvard Citation style: Mende, J., Heller, R. and Reichwein, A. (2022) Transcending a Western Bias Towards a Decolonised and Entangled Perspective in Norms Research, European review of international studies, 9(3), pp. 339-362. https://doi.org/10.1163/21967415-09030001

APA Citation style: Mende, J., Heller, R., & Reichwein, A. (2022). Transcending a Western Bias Towards a Decolonised and Entangled Perspective in Norms Research. European review of international studies. 9(3), 339-362. https://doi.org/10.1163/21967415-09030001