Policy makers and publics alike regularly debate the legitimacy of international events, such as the war on terror, or war in Iraq. But what exactly does legitimacy mean in an international setting? This major new work provides the first historically and theoretically grounded analysis of this critical issue in contemporary society. Drawing on both historical and recent events, Clark provides a lucid demonstration of how legitimacy is a highly political condition, related in complex ways to consensus, other values, and balances of power.
Author(s): Ian Clark
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 286
Tags: Международные отношения;Международные отношения;Теория международных отношений;
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
1. International legitimacy......Page 22
PART I: HISTORICAL INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY......Page 42
2. Europe and the scope of international society......Page 44
3. Westphalia: the origins of international legitimacy?......Page 62
4. Utrecht: consensus, balance of power, and legitimacy......Page 82
5. Revolutionary and legitimate orders: revolution, war, and the Vienna settlement......Page 96
6. The Versailles Settlement: the making of an illegitimate order?......Page 120
7. Legitimacy and the dual settlement of 1945......Page 142
PART II: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY......Page 164
8. Legitimacy after the cold war......Page 166
9. Legitimacy and rightful membership......Page 184
10. Legitimacy and consensus......Page 202
11. Legitimacy and norms......Page 218
12. Legitimacy and equilibrium......Page 238
Conclusion......Page 256
References......Page 268
C......Page 284
I......Page 285
L......Page 286
S......Page 287
U......Page 288
Y......Page 289
