2 Conceptual Framework: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an International Society
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Eva Seiwert
Abstract
This chapter outlines the major conceptual and theoretical assumptions underlying the book’s analysis and presents the state of research. It conceptualizes regional organizations as a specific type of ‘international society’ and argues that self-created regional organizations – as new international societies – are ideal platforms to promote a state’s norms. When examining the use of a regional organization as a tool to promote norms internationally, the following three factors should be considered: institutionalization of the norms ‘on paper’, their institutionalization ‘in action’, and dissemination of the norms with the help of the regional organization.
Abstract
This chapter outlines the major conceptual and theoretical assumptions underlying the book’s analysis and presents the state of research. It conceptualizes regional organizations as a specific type of ‘international society’ and argues that self-created regional organizations – as new international societies – are ideal platforms to promote a state’s norms. When examining the use of a regional organization as a tool to promote norms internationally, the following three factors should be considered: institutionalization of the norms ‘on paper’, their institutionalization ‘in action’, and dissemination of the norms with the help of the regional organization.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures and Tables iv
- List of Abbreviations v
- About the Author vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- Conceptual Framework: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an International Society 11
- The Emergence and Nature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 28
- Conceptualizing a New International Society: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Flagship Concepts 54
- Targeting Global International Society: China as Norm Entrepreneur 75
- Response to Regional Security Crises 94
- Response to Security Crises outside the Immediate Orbit 122
- Enlargement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s ‘Circle of Friends’ 140
- Conclusion 175
- Appendix 187
- References 188
- Index 242
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of Figures and Tables iv
- List of Abbreviations v
- About the Author vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- Conceptual Framework: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an International Society 11
- The Emergence and Nature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 28
- Conceptualizing a New International Society: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Flagship Concepts 54
- Targeting Global International Society: China as Norm Entrepreneur 75
- Response to Regional Security Crises 94
- Response to Security Crises outside the Immediate Orbit 122
- Enlargement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s ‘Circle of Friends’ 140
- Conclusion 175
- Appendix 187
- References 188
- Index 242
