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OverviewUN Security Council decisions impact billions of people and yet its formal rules are minimal and tell us little about how decisions are made. Instead, informal, and often unwritten practices, form the basis of negotiations. Inside the UN Security Council analyses informal practices within Security Council decision-making, both in general and focused on the case of Darfur in the west of Sudan, to pull back the curtain on decision-making. Security Council negotiations on Darfur are analyzed in depth across issue areas of agenda-setting, sanctions, referral to the International Criminal Court, and peacekeeping. One way of understanding these informal practices is via the lens of legitimation. This is a useful approach because it brings to the fore the ways in which states seek legitimacy for themselves, and for Security Council decisions, as part of the negotiation process. Inside the UN Security Council introduces and develops the concept of legitimation practices to analyse the UN Security Council's decision-making. Legitimation practices shape the process and outcome of negotiations in two different ways. Internal legitimation practices, which relate to the legitimation of Security Council decisions, such as prioritizing unanimity, constrain and enable the text of resolutions. External legitimation practices such as 'doing something', even when it is known that it cannot be implemented, relate to the legitimation of actors in the negotiations and shape whether decisions can be reached at all. Foregrounding legitimation practices sheds light on seemingly contradictory moments within Security Council decision-making, such as the United States enabling the referral of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, despite its longstanding objections to the court and the capacity to veto the decision. The book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including original interviews with key decision-makers, to show that legitimation practices are an integral aspect of Security Council negotiations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jess Gifkins (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Manchester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.512kg ISBN: 9780192869029ISBN 10: 0192869027 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 28 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Influence in the UN Security Council 2: Legitimation Practices 3: On the Ground in Darfur 4: The Politics of Agenda-setting 5: Inching Towards Sanctions 6: The UN Security Council's First Referral to the ICC 7: Peacekeeping and the Challenge of Consent ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationDr Jess Gifkins is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research is on the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect, with projects on practices, the UK at the UN, queering atrocity prevention, and early warning of atrocity crimes. Her article with Professor Jason Ralph won 'Best Article for 2017' in the European Journal of International Relations, and she has also published research in International Affairs, Cooperation and Conflict, Global Governance, Global Responsibility to Protect, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and the Australian Journal of International Affairs among other outlets. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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