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Author:   Dominik Zaum (Professor of Governance, Conflict, and Security, University of Reading)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.564kg
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9780199672097

ISBN 10:   0199672091
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   26 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Conceptual Questions 1: Dominik Zaum: International Organisations, Legitimacy, and Legitimation 2: Mervyn Frost: Legitimacy and International Organisation: The Changing Ethical Context 3: Paul Williams: Regional and Global Legitimacy Dynamics: The United Nations and Regional Arrangements Part II: Case Studies 4: Jennifer Welsh and Dominik Zaum: Legitimation and the UN Security Council 5: Alhaji Sarjoh Bah: ECOWAS and the Legitimacy Question: A Normative and Institutional Approach 6: Walter Lotze: The African Union 7: Alice Ba: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Between Internal and External Legitimacy 8: Jochen Prantl: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 9: Christopher Lord: A European Re-invention of Indirect Legitimacy? 10: Ingo Peters: Legitimacy and International Organisations: the Case of the OSCE 11: Dominik Zaum: Conclusion

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This is a welcome volume - it gives a comprehensive examination of the intersection between international politics, institutions and legitimation. Conceptually, it addresses legitimacy and legitimation with nuance and care, and then applies them empirically to study a wide range of international institutions. That international organizations rely on and trade in legitimacy and legitimation is by now a truism. The contributors go beyond merely asserting that international organizations are involved in legitimation politics and instead provide detailed case studies that show how they do. Across an impressive range of institutions, they examine legitimation around real-world controversies in international institutions. * Ian Hurd, Northwestern University * As the role of non-state actors (NGOs, new media, etc.) in influencing international relations has increased, the perceived legitimacy of international organizations has become a battle-ground. Even regional courts today criticize the decisions of the UN Security Council, whose remit in the UN Charter once seemed beyond challenge. Thus, while the legitimacy of international institutions today remains critical, in most cases it is in flux. Dominik Zaum and his highly qualified chapter authors do a terrific job of analysing the current state of play and suggesting strategies that international organizations would be wise to consider in seeking to buttress their credibility and to reinforce their sometimes faltering legitimacy. They play a key role in ordering international relations and in encouraging new forms of international cooperation. As citizens, we would be at much greater risk without them. * Dr David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University *

As the role of non-state actors (NGOs, new media, etc.) in influencing international relations has increased, the perceived legitimacy of international organizations has become a battle-ground. Even regional courts today criticize the decisions of the UN Security Council, whose remit in the UN Charter once seemed beyond challenge. Thus, while the legitimacy of international institutions today remains critical, in most cases it is in flux. Dominik Zaum and his highly qualified chapter authors do a terrific job of analysing the current state of play and suggesting strategies that international organizations would be wise to consider in seeking to buttress their credibility and to reinforce their sometimes faltering legitimacy. They play a key role in ordering international relations and in encouraging new forms of international cooperation. As citizens, we would be at much greater risk without them. * Dr David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University * This is a welcome volume - it gives a comprehensive examination of the intersection between international politics, institutions and legitimation. Conceptually, it addresses legitimacy and legitimation with nuance and care, and then applies them empirically to study a wide range of international institutions. That international organizations rely on and trade in legitimacy and legitimation is by now a truism. The contributors go beyond merely asserting that international organizations are involved in legitimation politics and instead provide detailed case studies that show how they do. Across an impressive range of institutions, they examine legitimation around real-world controversies in international institutions. * Ian Hurd, Northwestern University *

This is a welcome volume - it gives a comprehensive examination of the intersection between international politics, institutions and legitimation. Conceptually, it addresses legitimacy and legitimation with nuance and care, and then applies them empirically to study a wide range of international institutions. That international organizations rely on and trade in legitimacy and legitimation is by now a truism. The contributors go beyond merely asserting that international organizations are involved in legitimation politics and instead provide detailed case studies that show how they do. Across an impressive range of institutions, they examine legitimation around real-world controversies in international institutions. Ian Hurd, Northwestern University As the role of non-state actors (NGOs, new media, etc.) in influencing international relations has increased, the perceived legitimacy of international organizations has become a battle-ground. Even regional courts today criticize the decisions of the UN Security Council, whose remit in the UN Charter once seemed beyond challenge. Thus, while the legitimacy of international institutions today remains critical, in most cases it is in flux. Dominik Zaum and his highly qualified chapter authors do a terrific job of analysing the current state of play and suggesting strategies that international organizations would be wise to consider in seeking to buttress their credibility and to reinforce their sometimes faltering legitimacy. They play a key role in ordering international relations and in encouraging new forms of international cooperation. As citizens, we would be at much greater risk without them. Dr David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University

As the role of non-state actors (NGOs, new media, etc.) in influencing international relations has increased, the perceived legitimacy of international organizations has become a battle-ground. Even regional courts today criticize the decisions of the UN Security Council, whose remit in the UN Charter once seemed beyond challenge. Thus, while the legitimacy of international institutions today remains critical, in most cases it is in flux. Dominik Zaum and his highly qualified chapter authors do a terrific job of analysing the current state of play and suggesting strategies that international organizations would be wise to consider in seeking to buttress their credibility and to reinforce their sometimes faltering legitimacy. They play a key role in ordering international relations and in encouraging new forms of international cooperation. As citizens, we would be at much greater risk without them.

Author Information

Dominik Zaum is Reader in International Relations at the University of Reading, and a Senior Research Fellow in Conflict and Fragility at the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). His research focuses on the politics of international organisations, especially the UN, and on the political economy of international peace- and statebuilding efforts. His publications include The Sovereignty Paradox: The Norms and Politics of International Statebuilding (OUP, 2007), The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice Since 1945 (OUP, 2008), and Political Economy of Statebuilding: Power after Peace (Routledge, 2012).

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