State-centrism in international relations : examining the construction of nonstate collective actors in human rights scholarship

Hedžet, Ajda (author)

t. This article addresses the deficiency in the area of human rights scholarship in International Relations (IR) by examining the theoretical advancements in IR theory that have led to the emergence of non-state collective actors as a pertinent research topic. It provides a review of the trajectory of the constructivist theoretical approach, which has brought major advancements in how international non-state actors are conceptualised in the human rights IR literature. This considers the limitations and implications of side-lining collective non-state actors within IR theory, arguing that expanding the theoretical understanding of how different collective actors are constituted and attributed with agency can enrich IR human rights scholarship. The article also proposes a potential way forward with respect to non-state collective actors in human rights in IR by identifying a research programme based on practiceoriented approaches to help broaden the ability of scholars to foster interdisciplinary conversations. Expanding along these lines would bridge the existing boundaries within scholarly and disciplinary contexts.

• Language: English
• Keywords: non-state actors, state-centrism, collectives, international relations, human rights, international actors, constructivism
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 787–813, 888-889
• Numbering: Letn. 60, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-154396
• UDC: 061.2(100):341.231.14
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.60.4.787
• COBISS.SI-ID: 183568131
• Publication date in RUL: 13.02.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Državocentričnost v mednarodnih odnosih

Abstract

Članek proučuje vrzel v študijah človekovih pravic na področju Mednarodnih odnosov (MO) z analizo napredka v teoriji MO, ki je pripomogel k uveljavitvi nevladnih kolektivnih akterjev kot relevantnih objektov proučevanja v MO. S poglobljeno študijo konceptualizacije kolektivnih nedržavnih akterjev v konstruktivističnem teoretičnem pristopu in z analizo omejitev tega pristopa članek obravnava posledice obstoječe konceptualizacije za marginalizacijo nevladnih kolektivnih akterjev v teoriji MO. Članek ugotavlja, da bi razširitev teoretičnega razumevanja, ki se osredinja na konstitucijo različnih kolektivnih akterjev in njihovo sposobnost delovanja, obogatila študije človekovih pravic v MO. Poleg tega ponudi premislek o oblikovanju raziskovalne agende, utemeljene na socioloških teoretskih pristopih, ki so usmerjeni v analizo praks. Te bi lahko prispevale k obogatitvi študij človekovih pravic v MO s spodbujanjem interdisciplinarnih razprav ter preseganjem obstoječih omejitev na znanstvenih in disciplinarnih področjih.

• Keywords: nedržavni akterji, državocentričnost, mednarodni odnosi, človekove pravice, mednarodni akterji, konstruktivizem

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0177-2022
• Name: Slovenija in njeni akterji v mednarodnih odnosih in evropskih integracijah