When Stigmatization Fails: Russia and Aggression in Ukraine
Journal: Journal of Global Security Studies
Year: 2022

Abstract Why does stigmatization sometimes fail? The literature on stigma in international relations has done an excellent job of pointing to the role successful stigmatization processes play in the construction and maintenance of normative hierarchies, but there has been far less exploration of the conditions under which they may fail in this purpose and the potential consequences for international security and society. This article contributes such an exploration by focusing on the attempted s