Legitimacy in international society
"The word 'legitimacy' is seldom far from the lips of practitioners of international affairs. The legitimacy of recent events - such as the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the post-September 11 war on terror, and instances of humanitarian intervention - have been endlessly debated by publics around the globe. And yet the academic discipline of IR has largely neglected this concept. This book encourages us to take legitimacy seriously, both as a facet of international behaviour with practical consequences, and as a theoretical concept necessary for understanding that behaviour. It offers a comprehensive historical and theoretical account of international legitimacy. It argues that the development of principles of legitimacy lie at the heart of what is meant by an international society, and in so doing fills a notable void in English school accounts of the subject."--Book cover
viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
9780199258420, 9780199219193, 0199258422, 0199219192
57002058
International legitimacy
Europe and the scope of international society
Westphalia : the origins of international legitimacy?
Utrecht : consensus, balance of power, and legitimacy
Revolutionary and legitimate orders : revolution, war, and the Vienna settlement
The Versailles settlement : the making of an illegitimate order?
Legitimacy and the dual settlement of 1945
Legitimacy after the Cold War
Legitimacy and rightful membership
Legitimacy and consensus
Legitimacy and norms
Legitimacy and equilibrium