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Abstract: "What unites states and other global actors around a shared governance project? How does the group - what I will call an "international community" - coalesce and stay engaged in the enterprise? A frequent assumption is that an international community is cemented by its members' commonalities and depleted by their intractable disagreements. This article critiques that assumption and presents, as an alternative, a theory that accounts for the combined integration and discord that actually characterize most global governance associations. I argue that conflict, especially conflict that manifests in law, is not necessarily corrosive to an international community. To the contrary, it often is a unifying force that helps constitute and fortify the community and support the governance project. As such, international legal conflict can have systemic value for the global order, even when it lacks substantive resolution. The implications for the design and practice of international law are far-reaching." (Seite 317)

AbstractWhat unites states and other global actors around a shared governance project? How does the group—what I will call an "international community"—coalesce and stay engaged in the enterprise? A frequent assumption is that an international community is cemented by its members' commonalities and depleted by their intractable disagreements. This article critiques that assumption and presents, as an alternative, a theory that accounts for the combined integration and discord that actually characterize most global governance associations. I argue that conflict, especially conflict that manifests in law, is not necessarily corrosive to an international community. To the contrary, it often is a unifying force that helps constitute and fortify the community and support the governance project. As such, international legal conflict can have systemic value for the global order, even when it lacks substantive resolution. The implications for the design and practice of international law are far-reaching.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Case Study Authors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 The Making of an Empowering Profession -- 2 Putting Ethics and Values into Community Development Practice -- Case Study 1 - India: Promoting Social Justice in Garment Work Districts in Tamil Nadu -- Case Study 2 - Ireland and Scotland: Small Places Close to Home: Housing Rights in Practice -- Case Study 3 - Kenya: Case Study Life Bloom Services International -- Case Study 4 - Australia: The Agunya Project -- Case Study 5 - Scotland. UK: Developing a Code of Ethics -- 3 Engaging with Communities -- Case Study 1: India: The Grassroots Story -- Case Study 2: Nicaragua: Hope and Clean Water -- Case Study 3: Mongolia: Partnership for Organic Farming -- Case Study 4: Peru: Constructing a Metropolitan Green Belt -- Case Study 5: Kenya: A Community-Based Approach to Tackling Violent Extremism -- 4 Ensuring Participatory Planning -- Case Study 1 - Croatia: Putting the Pieces Back Together -- Case Study 2 - Hong Kong, China: Bottom-up Participatory Planning on Wing Fong Street Market -- Case Study 3 - Global: A "Glocal" Assets- and Strengths-Based (un)Conference: Co-Creating Our Stories of Hope and Action -- Case Study 4 -New Zealand/UK: Engaging with the CHASE Model to Enhance Community Wellbeing -- Case Study 5 - South Africa: Bafenyi ka Bakwena Community Champions Project -- 5 How to Organize for Change -- Case Study 1 - Zimbabwe: Young People Organizing for Community Transformation -- Case Study 2 - Peru: Sustainable Tourism in San Bartolo -- Case Study 3 - Canada: Citizens Struggling Near the Lagoons of Mercier -- Case Study 4 - England: Anti Toxic Dump Campaign -- Case Study 5 - Hungary: The Story of Ág -- 6 Learning for Change.