Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: Changing Contours of Preconditions and Perspectives

Legitimacy, Power and World Order -- Power, Authority and Shifting Sands of the Legitimacy -- The View from the United Nations -- From Taboo to Legality: Human Rights and the United Nations -- Domestic Politics, External Engagement and Legitimacy: A Perspective from the U.S. -- The Shifting Grounds of Power and Legitimacy in the European Union -- Is the Putin System Partially Legitimate? -- Power and Legitimacy in the People's Republic of China -- Legitimacy and 'A Global Community of Shared Future' -- Tribalism and the Limits of Liberalism: A (Conservative) Japanese Perspective on Legitimacy in World Politics -- Autocracy, Institutional Weakness and Latin American Concept of Legitimacy -- A 21st Century Perspective on Africa -- Authoritarianism, Resistance and Legitimacy in the West Asian Political Order -- Power and Legitimacy in Pakistan and Bangladesh: To Be Muslim or Islamic? -- Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective -- Legitimacy, Political Power and Tibetan Buddhism -- In Search of Legitimacy: The ASEAN Way.

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.

"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 practice 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"--