{"product_id":"power-patronage-and-international-norms-a-grand-masquerade-paperback-softback-9781009468534","title":"Power, Patronage and International Norms; A Grand Masquerade (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009468534","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePower, Patronage and International Norms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Grand Masquerade\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues that some of the least powerful countries masquerade as rights-promoters, paradoxically concealing the rights-violating effects of their patronage rule.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValerie Freeland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009468534, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a valuable book that shows the strategic nuances that peripheral patronage states employ to navigate the complexities between international demands and the domestic electorate. … this book breaks the myth of the morally righteous and norm-driven engagement of the international community and teaches us that interests often trump values and norms and are selectively applied only when they are compatible with the underlying political goals.' Lea David, Perspectives on Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhy 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. Their countries' global peripherality and their domestic rule by patronage introduces both challenges and strategies for addressing them. Rulers who attempt this manipulation of scrutiny succeed when their patronage networks make them illegible to outsiders, and when powerful actors become willing participants in the charade as they need a success case to lend them credibility. Freeland argues that, when substantive norm-violations are rebranded as examples of compliance, what it means to comply with human rights and good governance norms becomes increasingly incoherent and, as a result, less able to constrain future norm-violators.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Masquerading in international relations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Peripherality and patronage in international relations theory\u003cbr\u003e 3. The strategic life of peripheral-patronage states\u003cbr\u003e 4. Uganda's self-referral to the international criminal court\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sierra Leone's truth commission and tribunal\u003cbr\u003e 6. Georgia's western ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 7. The long-term effects of strategizing\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414077174040,"sku":"9781009468534","price":23.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009468534i.jpg?v=1784336837","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/power-patronage-and-international-norms-a-grand-masquerade-paperback-softback-9781009468534","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}