The evolution of international norms

• Main Author: FLORINI, Ann
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• Subjects: International relations; organizations and policy; evolution of international norms; International Relations; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2066; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3323/viewcontent/EvolutionInternationalNorms_1996.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article puts forward a theoretical explanation for why norms of international behavior change over time. It argues that the mainstream neorealist and neoliberal arguments on the static nature of state interests are implausible, as the recent empirical work of the growing constructivist school h...