문화다양성협약에 대한 국제정치-국제법 학제적 조망

This work studies the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity (2005) from an interdisciplinary perspective of international relations (IR) and international law (IL). According to David Armstrong and his colleagues, the IR-IL linkage study analyzes (1) content of, (2) compliance with, and (3) change of international rules and laws through three lenses of international relations: realism, liberalism, and constructivism. With their method, this study shows several findings. First, the realist lens is limited in explaining compliance with and changes of the convention. Second, the liberal lens is more persuasive than realist one in all three themes. Finally, the constructivist lens is very powerful in explaining contents of the convention, but less powerful in compliance with the convention. In terms of the change of law, constructivism reveals many limitations. Such findings also show that it is desirable to understand the cultural diversity in complex perspectives involving major theories of IR and IL, rather than in a single theoretical respect.