This book reflects on the reasons for the decline of international cooperation in world politics and studies ways to restore legitimacy in the international order. It engages with the concept of legitimacy in international relations theories and practices to examine the discussions around power shifts, the decline of liberalism, demands for inclusive international architectures, and challenges to multilateralism, as well as established norms by leaders and nationalisms. It studies the impact of the post-COVID-19 world order on the nature of power in the international system and changes in normative concerns of security. The volume also interrogates political legitimacy through an area studies lens by examining the concept of legitimacy separately in the USA, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
An important and timely text featuring contributions from eminent scholars, this book will be of use to students and researchers of modern history, political science, and international relations. It will also be of interest to think tanks and policy-making bodies concerned with international affairs and foreign policy.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order
Krishnan Srinivasan
2 Power, Authority, and Shifting Sands of the Legitimacy
Sanjay Pulipaka
3 The View from the United Nations
Mats Berdal and James Mayall
4 From Taboo to Legality: Human Rights and the United Nations
Radhika Coomaraswamy
5 Domestic Politics, External Engagement, and Legitimacy: A Perspective from the US
A. Peter Burleigh
6 The Shifting Grounds of Power and Legitimacy in the European Union
Fredrik Erixon
7 Is the Putin System Partially Legitimate?
Julius George Stephen Fein
8 Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China
Michael Puett
9 Legitimacy and “A Global Community of Shared Future”
Wang Yiwei
10 Tribalism and the Limits of Liberalism: A (Conservative) Japanese Perspective on Legitimacy in World Politics
Tadashi Anno
11 Autocracy, Institutional Weakness, and Latin American Concept of Legitimacy
Deepak Bhojwani
12 Power and Legitimacy: A 21st-Century Perspective on Africa
Rajiv Bhatia
13 Authoritarianism, Resistance, and Legitimacy in the West Asian Political Order
Talmiz Ahmad
14 Power and Legitimacy in Pakistan and Bangladesh: To Be Muslim or Islamic?
Kingshuk Chatterjee and Devadeep Purohit
15 Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective
Pranay Kotasthane and Nitin Pai
16 Legitimacy, Political Power, and Tibetan Buddhism
Jigme Yeshe Lama
17 In Search of Legitimacy: The ASEAN Way
Preeti Saran
