Hierarchy, Inequality, and the Making of Human Rights: Rethinking Normative Power in the Global Order
Published online on March 17, 2026
Abstract
Social & Legal Studies, Ahead of Print.
This paper reconceptualizes hierarchy as a constitutive force of the international human rights regime rather than a residual feature of interstate politics. Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, and critical legal scholarship, it argues that hierarchy ...
This paper reconceptualizes hierarchy as a constitutive force of the international human rights regime rather than a residual feature of interstate politics. Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, and critical legal scholarship, it argues that hierarchy ...