After Anarchy Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council

Name: After Anarchy Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council
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ISBN: 9780691138343

ISBN-10: 0691138346

ISBN-13: 9780691138343

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ian Hurd

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The politics of legitimacy is central to international relations. When states perceive an international organization as legitimate, they defer to it, associate themselves with it, and invoke its symbols. Examining the United Nations Security Council, Ian Hurd demonstrates how legitimacy is created, used, and contested in international relations. The Council's authority depends on its legitimacy, and therefore its legitimation and delegitimation are of the highest importance to states. Through an examination of the politics of the Security Council, including the Iraq invasion and the negotiating history of the United Nations Charter, Hurd shows that when states use the Council's legitimacy…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 10.83" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


Legitimacy in Theory



A Theory of Legitimacy



Legitimacy, Rationality, and Power


Legitimacy in Practice



San Francisco, 1945



Blue Helmets and White Trucks



Libya and the Sanctions


Conclusions



Legitimacy and Sovereignty


Epilogue


References


Index