Norm Antipreneurs and the Politics of Resistance to Global Normative Change

Taylor & Francis

Norm Antipreneurs and the Politics of Resistance to Global Normative ChangeAuthor(s): Alan Bloomfield, Shirley V. Scott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138900295, 978-1138900295\nSynopsis\nOver recent decades International Relations scholars have investigated norm dynamics processes at some length, with the norm entrepreneur concept having become a common reference point in the literature. The focus on norm entrepreneurs has, however, resulted in a bias towards investigating the agents and processes of successful normative change.\n\nThis book challenges this inherent bias by explicitly focusing on those who resist normative change - norm antipreneurs. The utility of the norm antipreneur concept is explored through a series of case studies encompassing a range of issue areas and contributed by a mix of well-known and emergent scholars of norm dynamics. In examining the complexity of norm resistance, particular a.