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Normal Peace: A New Strategic Narrative of Intervention
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Abstract International actors have used multiple discursive frameworks for justifying interventions, from human security to the responsibility to protect, and, most recently, resilience-building. We argue that the language of normalization, hidden behind these narratives of interventions, has also contribute... view more
International actors have used multiple discursive frameworks for justifying interventions, from human security to the responsibility to protect, and, most recently, resilience-building. We argue that the language of normalization, hidden behind these narratives of interventions, has also contributed to structure the intervention landscape, albeit in less obvious and overt ways than other competing narratives of intervention. This article disentangles the different practices of normalization in order to highlight their ramifications. It introduces the concept of normal peace - a new conceptual reference to understand interventions undertaken by the international community to impose, restore or accept normalcy in turbulent societies. The article argues that the optimization of interventions entails selective responses to govern risk and adapt to the transitional international order. The art of what is politically possible underlines the choice of optimal intervention, be that to impose an external order of normalcy, restore the previous order of normalcy, or accept the existing order of normalcy.... view less
Keywords
conflict management; peacekeeping; crisis management (econ., pol.); intervention; legitimation
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 146-156
Journal
Politics and Governance, 5 (2017) 3
Issue topic
Narratives of Global Order
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed