Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-320) and index.

Introduction : the normative institutionalization-implementation gap / Alexander Betts and Phil Orchard -- From persecution to deprivation : how refugee norms adapt at implementation / Alexander Betts -- Transnational advocacy and accountability : from declarations of anti-impunity to implementing the Rome Statute / Michael Bluman Schroeder and Alana Tiesmessen -- The unimplemented norm : anti-mercenary law and the problems on institutionalization / Sarah Percy -- International NGOs and the implementation of the norm for need-based humanitarian assistance in Sri Lanka / Urvashi Aneja -- Implementing a global internally displaced persons protection regime / Phil Orchard -- Implementing the "Responsibility to Protect" : catalyzing debate and building capacity / Jennifer M. Welsh -- China as a global norm-shaper : institutionalization and implementation of the responsibility to protect / Brian L. Job and Anastasia Shesterinina -- Peacekeeping in the Congo : implementation of the protection of civilians norm / Emily Paddon -- Engineering policy norm implementation : the World Bank's transparency transformation / Catherine Weaver and Christian Pertsakis -- From principle to policy : the emergence, implementation, and rearticulation of the right to post-conflict property repossession / Miriam J. Anderson -- The implementation of "integrated approaches" in the UN system : lessons from Tanzania and Burundi / James Milner -- Institutionalizing and implementing the disaster relief norm : the League of Red Cross Societies and the International Relief Union / Scott D. Watson -- Status determination and recognition / Anna Schmidt -- Conclusions : norms and the politics of implementation / Alexander Betts and Phil Orchard.