The Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect: Performing Norm Leadership

IF 0.8 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Global Responsibility to Protect Pub Date : 2022-06-06 DOI:10.1163/1875-984x-20220009
Anastasia Prokhorova
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How does the Special Adviser decide to call for the ‘responsibility to protect’ populations from atrocities? How have different postholders understood and shaped their role in practice? This article examines the ‘performative leadership’ of the Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). In contrast to the dominant approach informed by conventional models of norm diffusion, this research develops a framework which connects strategic norm-building with symbolic interaction and performativity. Given this, I argue that the postholders do not merely enact institutional scripts but ‘perform’ certain meanings of R2P, both creatively and strategically, while being deeply situated in a rigid environment with existing rules. This study brings to the fore subtle yet deep-seated contestations around R2P, which become visible with the inclusion of the Special Adviser. Methodologically, this article relies on interpretative discourse analysis of the representations of the advisers’ creative choices regarding their performances.
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保护的责任:执行规范领导问题特别顾问
特别顾问如何决定呼吁“保护”人民免遭暴行的“责任”?不同的职位持有人是如何理解和塑造他们在实践中的角色的?本文探讨了联合国秘书长保护责任问题特别顾问(R2P)的“绩效领导”。与传统规范扩散模型的主流方法相反,本研究开发了一个框架,将战略规范建设与符号互动和表演性联系起来。鉴于此,我认为后持者不仅仅是制定制度脚本,而是“执行”R2P的某些含义,无论是创造性的还是战略性的,同时深深处于现有规则的严格环境中。这项研究突出了围绕保护责任的微妙但根深蒂固的争论,随着特别顾问的加入,这种争论变得明显起来。在方法上,本文依赖于对顾问关于其表演的创造性选择的表征的解释性话语分析。
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Global Responsibility to Protect
Global Responsibility to Protect Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
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