Legitimacy in International Relations and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia

This book develops a conceptual model of legitimacy as a value-judgement in international relations in contrast to Weberian and legal approaches. The model is based on the interaction of the states-systemic value of order with a liberal ideal of the state and a free-market, liberal international economy. Whilst formulated as a principally Western model, the analysis of the rise and fall of Yugoslavia and the international response points towards a wider applicability as well as confirming the value of the concept as an analytical tool.

Autorentext

John Williams is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Arberdeen.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements - Introduction - Competing Conceptions of Legitimacy: Building an Orthodox Western Model - Legitimacy and Yugoslavia, 1945-1980 - Legitimacy and the Fall of Yugoslavia - Legitimacy and Policy in the International Response to the Collapse of Yugoslavia - Managing the Collapse of Yugoslavia - Judging Legitimacy: Trade-Offs and Compromises - Learning the Lessons: Legitimacy, International Relations and Yugoslavia - Bibliography - Notes - Index