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This Chapter revisits the overall research objectives of this book and reviews the findings of the case studies in light of the expectations set out by the theoretical framework. The chapter provides suggestions for further research to increase the generalizability of the findings and points out how the study of norm conflict can enliven and advance the research agenda of scholars focusing on norms and how normative change takes place. The research from Southeast Asia suggests that the outcome of norm conflict will not necessarily be full-fledged norm replacement. Instead, subtler normative adjustments are often made which allow for both norms to remain part of a state’s normative environment and the broader complex of norms at the regional and international levels. Such a nuanced understanding of normative change more easily explains why ‘good’ norms not only progress but also regress – sometimes within astonishingly brief periods of time, as vividly displayed in Southeast Asia. |
