Book contents
- Contesting Sovereignty
- Contesting Sovereignty
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Normative Contestation in Regional Organisations
- Part II The African Union
- Part III The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Part IV Comparative Findings
- 9 Assessing the Model
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix List of Officials Interviewed
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Conclusion
from Part IV - Comparative Findings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 June 2021
- Contesting Sovereignty
- Contesting Sovereignty
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Normative Contestation in Regional Organisations
- Part II The African Union
- Part III The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Part IV Comparative Findings
- 9 Assessing the Model
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix List of Officials Interviewed
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The conclusion draws broader conclusions and implications for international relations theory. The identification of different logics among competing norm circles suggests that linear models of convergence are unlikely to hold. This has implications for regionalism that was expected to grow stronger, with nation-state sovereignties receding in importance – under one logic that would be the case, but under multiple logics there was no inevitability about it. Finally the manner of a norm circle’s ‘victory’ in a regional domain has implications for legitimacy and further contestation. The chapter ends with policy implications from the study.
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- Contesting SovereigntyPower and Practice in Africa and Southeast Asia, pp. 265 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021