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"Dissenting at the United Nations: Interaction orders and Venezuelan contestation practices (2015–16)"

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The Venezuelan participation in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2015 and 2016 was expected to be a challenge for the institution, as the Maduro government adopted controversial positions at the General Assembly (UNGA). However, Venezuela contestation line did not appear clearly at the UNSC. Drawing upon an in-depth qualitative study, Erving Goffman's work, and literature on contestation in international organisations (IOs), we interpret this apparent inconsistency from the concept of interaction order. We argue that the UNGA and the UNSC each constitutes a specific interaction order that influences the way contestation practices are channelled. The contestation practices Venezuelan representatives set up at the UNGA hardly work during the UNSC official sessions, where they adapt their practices to its interaction order. Venezuelan representatives also use informal and backstage actions to express their dissent, without avoiding being called into order. Venezuela's moderation at the UNSC results from an invisibilisation of contestation by interaction practices.
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hal-03736330 , version 1 (22-07-2022)

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Mélanie Albert, Élodie Brun. "Dissenting at the United Nations: Interaction orders and Venezuelan contestation practices (2015–16)". European Review of International Studies, 2022, vol. 48 (n° 3), pp. 523-542. ⟨10.1017/S0260210522000043⟩. ⟨hal-03736330⟩
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