the sovereignty paradox the norms and politics of international statebuilding mar 2007

[...]... influence of sovereignty norms on the policies of the international community are discussed Finally, Chapter 6 concludes the book by discussing the challenges and paradoxes of statebuilding that arise from the three case studies The first section of the chapter assesses the notions of sovereignty and state authority introduced in Chapter 1 in the light of the discussion of statebuilding Bringing together the. .. administration and their implications for the central arguments about the impact of conceptions of sovereignty on international statebuilding efforts, and the authority of international administrations Chapter 3 analyses the case of BiH, looking at the involvement of the international community in the initiation, drafting, legislation, and implementation of two sets of laws: the Laws on the Reform of the Payment... studies the reform of the judicial system and the reform of the civil service OUTLINE OF THE ARGUMENT The analysis of the influence of norms on international statebuilding practices in this book is divided into two parts Part I outlines the theoretical framework Chapter 1 introduces the sovereignty debate in International Relations and argues for the importance of the concepts of authority and empirical... Bureaux and the Civil Service Law Chapter 4 discusses the UNMIK administration of Kosovo, analysing the reform of the judicial system and the debate about the privatization laws Chapter 5 analyses the international administration of East Timor by UNTAET, focusing on the establishment of the judicial system and the reform of the civil service At the end of each chapter, the implications of the case for the. .. authority, their policymaking practices, and exploring the consequences of these practices for statebuilding Second, it addresses the question of the impact of norms on policymaking, in particular the norms associated with sovereignty The discussion of sovereignty is part of a larger debate in International Relations theory about the importance of the international normative context for the behaviour of actors.9... particular at the influence of concepts of sovereignty on three aspects of statebuilding: institution-building, the behaviour of international administrations towards local actors, and the timing and nature of the transition from international to local authority Analysing the practices of international administrations in these three areas of statebuilding helps to highlight the influence of these norms on... humanity through the tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Court, are indicative of a trend of considering individuals as the ultimate members of the international community Analysis of an important function of the international community, the development and clarification of common norms and their enforcement, supports this view of its membership Norms develop... responsibility of the state towards other members of international society on the one hand, and its own citizens on the other As the institution of sovereignty is changing, it also gives rise to a series of tensions between the end of establishing a sovereign state and the means the international community uses to attain this Thus, the statebuilding policies that aim to establish legitimate institutions and Introduction... sources of legitimate authority in different societies The case studies in this book provide empirical evidence for these claims about the role of norms They demonstrate that a conception of sovereignty which emphasizes the principles of authority and empirical statehood shapes the behaviour of the actors that make up the international community, and influences the aims of their statebuilding activities The. .. pluralism and solidarism: first, the role of war in international society, second, the sources of international law, and third, the role of individual human beings in international society.60 In the pluralist or ‘Vatellian’ international society, the distinction between just and unjust war is made only with respect to the conduct of war Norms of conduct, partly codified in the laws of war such as the Geneva and . since the end of the cold war, and the nature of policymaking by the international community. To that end, it explores how the norms associated with sovereignty have affected the practices of international. Bosnia and Hercegovina I: The Reform of the Payment System and the Dismantling of the Payment Bureaux 98 Policymaking in Bosnia and Hercegovina II: The Reform of the State-level Civil Service 107 Sovereignty.