TY - JOUR
T1 - The Problem of Non-compliance
T2 - Knowledge Gaps and Moments of Contestation in Global Governance
AU - Hansen-Magnusson, Hannes
AU - Vetterlein, Antje
AU - Wiener, Antje
N1 - Published online: 26. July 2018
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - How do we account for norm (non-)compliance in complex situations of global governance? Instead of emphasising power and diverging interests, this research note develops an innovative framework by arguing for a need to account for the social foundation of norms and the processes of norm contestation among relevant stakeholders. It comprises three crucial elements: first, the relevant stakeholders that form around specific policies; second, the types of knowledge about the policy object at stake; and finally, the knowledge gaps across stakeholders and their strategies to overcome them. Based on these considerations, we advance a framework of three pillars of ‘vested interests’, ‘vice’ and ‘virtue’: given, first, the diversity of stakeholders in policy-making and their vested interests, we assume, secondly, an increased likelihood for norm contestation. For some this constitutes a vice. However, we argue, thirdly, that open deliberation has the potential to lead to positive implications for governance arrangements and is therefore a virtue for norm compliance. Applying this framework to the example of the use of outer space, we show how our approach can address what we call the ‘lasting reality’ of global governance, namely the regular confrontation of culturally embedded normativity that stems from the increased diversity of actors in the global realm.
AB - How do we account for norm (non-)compliance in complex situations of global governance? Instead of emphasising power and diverging interests, this research note develops an innovative framework by arguing for a need to account for the social foundation of norms and the processes of norm contestation among relevant stakeholders. It comprises three crucial elements: first, the relevant stakeholders that form around specific policies; second, the types of knowledge about the policy object at stake; and finally, the knowledge gaps across stakeholders and their strategies to overcome them. Based on these considerations, we advance a framework of three pillars of ‘vested interests’, ‘vice’ and ‘virtue’: given, first, the diversity of stakeholders in policy-making and their vested interests, we assume, secondly, an increased likelihood for norm contestation. For some this constitutes a vice. However, we argue, thirdly, that open deliberation has the potential to lead to positive implications for governance arrangements and is therefore a virtue for norm compliance. Applying this framework to the example of the use of outer space, we show how our approach can address what we call the ‘lasting reality’ of global governance, namely the regular confrontation of culturally embedded normativity that stems from the increased diversity of actors in the global realm.
KW - Global governance
KW - Norms
KW - Contestation
KW - Normativity
KW - Legitimacy
KW - Knowledge
KW - Global governance
KW - Norms
KW - Contestation
KW - Normativity
KW - Legitimacy
KW - Knowledge
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U2 - 10.1057/s41268-018-0157-x
DO - 10.1057/s41268-018-0157-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 636
EP - 656
JO - Journal of International Relations and Development
JF - Journal of International Relations and Development
SN - 1408-6980
IS - 3
ER -