Newman, E and Zala, B (2018) Rising Powers and Order Contestation: Disaggregating the Normative from the Representational. Third World Quarterly, 39 (5). pp. 871-888. ISSN 0143-6597
Abstract
One of the central themes of the current literature on rising powers is that new aspirants to great power status pose a challenge to the underlying principles and norms that underpin the existing, Western-led order. However, in much of the literature, the nature and significance of rising powers for international order is imprecisely debated, in particular the concept and practice of ‘contestation’. In this article we aim to establish a distinction between normative contestation and what can be thought of as ‘contestation over representation’: that is, contestation over who is setting and overseeing the rules of the game rather than the content of the rules themselves and the kind of order that they underpin. This distinction is important for providing a more nuanced understanding of the nature of the current power transition and therefore for guiding attempts at accommodation on the part of the established powers. Theoretically, the paper engages with debates on international order and international society. Its empirical basis is provided by a thorough analysis of the discourse of rising power summitry, in particular at meetings of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization groupings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Southseries inc. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Third World Quarterly on 8th November 2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1392085 |
Keywords: | BRICS and rising powers, foreign policy, international order, normative contestation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2017 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 08 May 2019 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01436597.2017.1392085 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122482 |