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.

• | Author: John Williams
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 1998
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1349262625
• | ISBN-13: 9781349262625