Moore, Liam, and Orchard, Phil (2025) Reverberations Through Clusters and Regimes: Norms and Forced Displacement Policy. In: Gholiagha, Sassan, Orchard, Phil, and Wiener, Antje, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, pp. 626-637.

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Abstract

Norm research tends to privilege individual norms at the expense of wider structures such as regimes or clusters. We can think of a range of diverse structures composed of norms. Recent work has focused on norm clusters as composed of any sets of norms that are embedded and interlinked. This chapter argues, however, that formal and informal regimes are a distinct subtype of clusters which not only link together norms but also create a shared sense of purpose for states and other actors, serving as a behaviour guide to understand the issue governed by the regime. The chapter explores this by examining three clusters around forced displacement and human mobility: the formal global refugee regime, the informal internally displaced persons protection regime, and an emerging climate mobilities cluster. These diverse structures highlight the inuence norm research has had on conceptualizing mobilities and displacement governance in different ways.

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Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	9780198915904
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