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dc.contributor.authorGlanville, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-06T01:51:10Z
dc.date.available2019-08-06T01:51:10Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2014-06-05T03:09:01Z
dc.identifier.issn02589001
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02589000600769934
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/59844
dc.description.abstractNorm 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 of 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”.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom185
dc.relation.ispartofpageto202
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Contemporary African Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational Relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160607
dc.titleRwanda Reconsidered: A Study of Norm Violation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGlanville, Luke


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