After anarchy : legitimacy and power in the United Nations Security Council
"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 for their own purposes, they reaffirm its stature and find themselves contributing to its authority. Case studies of the Libyan sanctions, peacekeeping efforts, and the symbolic politics of the Council demonstrate how the legitimacy of the Council shapes world politics and how legitimated authority can be transferred from states to international organizations." "This book's innovative approach to international organizations and international relations theory lends new insight into interactions between sovereign states and the United Nations, and between legitimacy and the exercise of power in international relations."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2007
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©2007
Resolutions (Law)
ix, 221 pages ; 24 cm
9780691128665, 9780691138343, 0691128669, 0691138346
71275530
Introduction
A theory of legitimacy
Legitimacy, rationality, and power
San Francisco, 1945
Blue helmets and white trucks
Libya and the sanctions
Legitimacy and sovereignty
Epilogue