Against international relations norms : postcolonial perspectives / edited by Charlotte Epstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The postcolonial perspective : why we need to decolonize norms / Charlotte Epstein -- Constructivism and the normative : dangerous liaisons? / Naeem Inayatullah and David L. Blaney -- Colonial rationalities, postcolonial subjectivities, and the international / Vivienne Jabri -- Civilising norms and political authority in Africa : reflections drawn form psychoanalysis / Julia Gallagher -- Stop telling us how to behave : socialization or infantilization? / Charlotte Epstein -- Against localization : rethinking compliance and antagonism in norm dynamics / Charmaine Chua -- International norms in postcolonial time / Arjun Chowdhury -- On the therapeutic use of racism in other countries / David T. Smith -- The norm of state-monopolised violence from a Yemeni perspective / Sarah Philips -- Sovereign relations : Australia's "Off-shoring" of asylum seekers on Nauru in historical perspective / Anthea Vogl -- In the post-colonial waiting room : how overseas countries and territories play games with the norm of sovereignty / Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Ulrik Pram Gad -- Postcolonial colonialism? : the case of Turkey / Zeynep Gul̈sah Ca̧pan and Ayse Zarakol.