A Key Success Factor: Elucidating the Meaning of Legitimacy for UN Peacekeepers

IF 2.3 2区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1080/17502977.2023.2256110

Wolfgang Minatti

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Abstract

Legitimacy has become a widespread term within policy documents of international organizations, not least international peacekeeping. But legitimacy is also a contested concept, so it matters greatly how it is understood on the ground. In this article, I ask what meanings the UN Department of Peace Operations attributes to the concept of legitimacy. Using a qualitative content analysis to study policy and training documents published by the department, I argue that the department understands the local legitimacy of UN peacekeeping missions as a (mis-)perception of its international legitimacy and underappreciates how other actors might undermine UN and state legitimacy.

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成功的关键因素:阐明联合国维持和平人员合法性的意义

合法性已成为国际组织政策文件中广泛使用的术语，尤其是国际维和行动。但是，合法性也是一个有争议的概念，因此如何在实地理解它非常重要。在本文中，我想问一下联合国和平行动部赋予合法性概念的含义。通过定性内容分析来研究国务院发布的政策和培训文件，我认为国务院将联合国维和任务的地方合法性理解为对其国际合法性的(错误)认知，低估了其他行为者如何破坏联合国和国家的合法性。

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Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding is a cross-disciplinary journal devoted to critical analysis of international intervention, focussing on interactions and practices that shape, influence and transform states and societies. In 21st century political practice, states and other actors increasingly strive to transplant what they see as normatively progressive political orders to other contexts. Accordingly, JISB focuses on the complex interconnections and mutually shaping interactions between donor and recipient communities within military, economic, social, or other interventional contexts, and welcomes perspectives on political life of, and beyond, European state-building processes. The journal brings together academics and practitioners from cross-disciplinary backgrounds, including international relations, political science, political economy, sociology, international law, social anthropology, geography, and regional studies. The editors are particularly interested in specific or comparative in-depth analyses of contemporary or historical interventions and state-building processes that are grounded in careful fieldwork and/or innovative methodologies. Multi or cross-disciplinary contributions and theoretically challenging pieces that broaden the study of intervention and state building to encompass processes of decision-making, or the complex interplay between actors on the ground, are especially encouraged.