Book contents
- Power, Patronage and International Norms
- Power, Patronage and International Norms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Masquerading in International Relations
- 2 Peripherality and Patronage in International Relations Theory
- 3 The Strategic Life of Peripheral-Patronage States
- 4 Uganda’s Self-referral to the International Criminal Court
- 5 Sierra Leone’s Truth Commission and Tribunal
- 6 Georgia’s Western Ambitions
- 7 The Long-term Effects of Strategizing
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - The Long-term Effects of Strategizing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2024
- Power, Patronage and International Norms
- Power, Patronage and International Norms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Masquerading in International Relations
- 2 Peripherality and Patronage in International Relations Theory
- 3 The Strategic Life of Peripheral-Patronage States
- 4 Uganda’s Self-referral to the International Criminal Court
- 5 Sierra Leone’s Truth Commission and Tribunal
- 6 Georgia’s Western Ambitions
- 7 The Long-term Effects of Strategizing
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As the three primary cases do not show every configuration of independent variables that should lead to failed concealing, this chapter begins with two more circumscribed explorations of failed concealing in Tanzania and Honduras. It then explores the other strategies and examines their long-term effects. Although concealing is intrinsically risky since a ruler cannot know their own state’s legibility and presence of a strong enough asymmetrically interdependent relationship until these are tested in action, these other strategies may carry even bigger risks. As such, we should expect to see rulers, especially those with reasonable patronage-based capacity but little autonomy from outsiders’ interests and interference in their domestic affairs to try to conceal unsavoury domestic practices. It is therefore important to remain mindful of the effects successful concealing can have on global norms of human rights and good governance.
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- Power, Patronage and International NormsA Grand Masquerade, pp. 190 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024