An ‘International Society’?

Keal, Paul

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“…When engaged in this practice, international society is regarded as a powerful source of state 'socialization', 58 or has taken on what has been called elsewhere a 'constabulary role'. 59 The important thing to note, however, is that this preference for greater 'uniformity' has not been considered an end in itself, but should be viewed rather as a means to greater international consensus. The underlying belief has been the conventional liberal internationalist one that, the more alike in nature and value system, the more likely are states to discover a harmony of interests, and, in consequence, to live in greater tranquility and economic prosperity.…”

Section: International Legitimacy and The Stability Of International mentioning

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Legitimacy in a global order

Clark¹

2003

Rev. Int. Stud.

111

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This is a study of legitimacy in a global order, not legitimacy of the global order. It explores the challenging issue of what legitimacy might mean within such a context, and on what basis that order could develop its own principles of legitimacy. Its purpose is to garner further insights into the nature of contemporary global governance, and resistance to it, inasmuch as the latter is widely deemed to be symptomatic of the legitimacy crisis at its heart. A multitude of writers, working from quite different perspectives, is in agreement that it is this lack of legitimacy that threatens the very fabric of the order. Indeed, it is common to regard the emergence of concerns about the declining legitimacy of any system as itself indicative of some kind of failure within it: the concept tends to be associated with the ‘politics of crisis’. Accordingly, we are most likely to ask questions about the legitimacy of a system only when things appear to be going wrong. If this is so, legitimacy provides a vital key to understanding the tensions within the contemporary global order.

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Section: International Legitimacy and The Stability Of International mentioning

confidence: 99%

Legitimacy in a global order

Clark¹

2003

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European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Keal

2003

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Paul Keal examines the historical role of international law and political theory in justifying the dispossession of indigenous peoples as part of the expansion of international society. He argues that, paradoxically, law and political theory can now underpin the recovery of indigenous rights. At the heart of contemporary struggles is the core right of self-determination, and Keal argues for recognition of indigenous peoples as 'peoples' with the right of self-determination in constitutional and international law, and for adoption of the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly. He asks whether the theory of international society can accommodate indigenous peoples and considers the political arrangements needed for states to satisfy indigenous claims. The book also questions the moral legitimacy of international society and examines notions of collective guilt and responsibility.

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Keal¹

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European Conquest and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Legitimacy in a global order

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