1 - Introduction
Normative Transformation, Prohibitions, and International Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2022
Summary
In this Introduction to the book, I raise the question of the possible erosion of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenarism. I discuss the limits of ‘norm death’ as an explanation and propose instead that a ‘normative transformation’ has occurred. I outline how pragmatism, practice theory, and relational sociology will inform my perspective, how I will critique and build on theories of norm change in IR, and how I will analyse the three cases: the USA’s targeted killing programme, the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme, and the USA’s extensive employment of armed contractors in war zones.
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- Normative Transformation and the War on TerrorismThe Evolution of Targeted Killing, Torture, and Private Military Contracting, pp. 1 - 14Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022