Valerie Freeland

Power, Patronage and International Norms

A Grand Masquerade

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Why do some of the world's least powerful countries invite international scrutiny of their adherence to norms on whose violation their governments rely to remain in power? Examining decisions by leaders in Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Georgia, Valerie Freeland concludes that these states invited outside attention with the intention to manipulate it"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781009468572
• ISBN-10: 100946857X
• Artikelnr.: 69724084

Autorenporträt

Valerie Freeland is a policy analyst with the Government of Manitoba, and a former professor or postdoctoral fellow at Athabasca University, the University of British Columbia-Okanagan, the University of Regina, Simon Fraser University, Loyola University-Chicago, and Wheaton College. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Masquerading in international relations
2. Peripherality and patronage in international relations theory
3. The strategic life of peripheral-patronage states
4. Uganda's self-referral to the international criminal court
5. Sierra Leone's truth commission and tribunal
6. Georgia's western ambitions
7. The long-term effects of strategizing
8. Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography.