Norm Change in International Relations

Reviews / Votes

'John Karlsrud - with his insider knowledge - asks and answers the right questions: Why does the UN act the ways it does, and how do those ways of operating become established policy norms? This is an accessible and valuable book' - Roger Mac Ginty, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester, UK

'Out of new conceptual space, Karlsrud adapts the 'linked ecologies' framework to provide fresh analytical thinking on norm arbitrage as a policy practice with real impact.' - Diane Stone, University of Warwick, UK and Centenary Professor, University of Canberra, Australia

'John Karlsrud provides a valuable new perspective for understanding and explaining the dynamics of UN peacekeeping missions. Norm Change in International Relations should be read by anyone wishing to understand the evolution of UN peacekeeping practices and how norm change is enacted within international organizations.' - Andre Broome, Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, UK

'Where do new peacekeeping norms come from? John Karlsrud's incisive book shows how senior mission leaders in the field and broader epistemic communities that advocate on peacekeeping issues bring their ideas to the competitive arena of the United Nations, and why certain ideas, including the "responsibility to protect" and the need for "integrated missions," won out in the battle for normative supremacy.'- Paul D. Williams, Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, USA 'John Karlsrud - with his insider knowledge - asks and answers the right questions: Why does the UN act the ways it does, and how do those ways of operating become established policy norms? This is an accessible and valuable book' - Roger Mac Ginty, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester, UK

'Out of new conceptual space, Karlsrud adapts the 'linked ecologies' framework to provide fresh analytical thinking on norm arbitrage as a policy practice with real impact.' - Diane Stone, University of Warwick, UK and Centenary Professor, University of Canberra, Australia

'John Karlsrud provides a valuable new perspective for understanding and explaining the dynamics of UN peacekeeping missions. Norm Change in International Relations should be read by anyone wishing to understand the evolution of UN peacekeeping practices and how norm change is enacted within international organizations.' - Andre Broome, Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, UK

'Where do new peacekeeping norms come from? John Karlsrud's incisive book shows how senior mission leaders in the field and broader epistemic communities that advocate on peacekeeping issues bring their ideas to the competitive arena of the United Nations, and why certain ideas, including the "responsibility to protect" and the need for "integrated missions," won out in the battle for normative supremacy.'- Paul D. Williams, Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, USA

"It is by turning to and examining those players, which have been overlooked for such a long time in the context of UN peacekeeping operations, that this book is a welcome contribution to several overlapping bodies of literature dealing with theoretical and substantive issues. It should, furthermore, serve as a useful teaching tool for students looking to deepen their understanding of norm change in the international system. For professionals, this book represents an opportunity to enrich understandings of their own roles in an overwhelmingly influential field. This highly specialized study, with its fine-tuned and tight focus, has extended to the topic of UN peacekeeping missions the attention that it has been deserving of for many years, and is likely to lay the groundwork for future studies for many more."
Scott Nicholas Romaniuk, University of Trento, Global Policy