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Taking the pressure: unpacking the relation between norms, social hierarchies, and social pressures on states

dc.contributor.coauthorTowns, Ann E.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Relations
dc.contributor.kuauthorRumelili, Bahar
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T22:58:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article advances a hierarchy-centered approach to the study of international social pressure on states. Prior scholarship has centered on the exposure of a gap between word and deed as key for social pressure. We argue that the scholarship on social pressure would benefit from paying more attention to the centrality of social hierarchies in the dynamics and effects of social pressure on states. It is through comparative assessments the normative ordering of states as superior and inferior and placement in a social hierarchy that social pressure is exerted and states are prodded into action. States positioned at the top or in the middle of normative hierarchies may be subjected to different social pressure than states positioned at the bottom. Developing this claim, we contend that normative hierarchies come in several forms. Reflecting on the dynamics of these normative hierarchies is important in and of itself, in our view, as it provides a deeper understanding of how norms generate shame, embarrassment, or status anxiety. That said, understanding normative hierarchies also gives us added purchase on explaining how states manage the social pressure of being ranked.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.issue4
dc.description.openaccessNO
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.sponsorshipKnut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Wallenberg Academy Fellowship) [252129202]
dc.description.sponsorshipNorwegian Research Council (under the project 'Undermining Hegemony') [240647] This work has partially been funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Wallenberg Academy Fellowship 252129202) and the Norwegian Research Council (under the project 'Undermining Hegemony', project no. 240647).
dc.description.volume23
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1354066116682070
dc.identifier.eissn1460-3713
dc.identifier.issn1354-0661
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85035779289
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1354066116682070
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/7774
dc.identifier.wos416369500002
dc.keywordsAbsolute norms
dc.keywordsHomogenizing
dc.keywordsHeterogenizing norms
dc.keywordsInternational hierarchy
dc.keywordsNorms
dc.keywordsrelative norms
dc.keywordsStatus
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal Of International Relations
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.titleTaking the pressure: unpacking the relation between norms, social hierarchies, and social pressures on states
dc.typeJournal Article
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