Legitimacy of the Antarctic Treaty System: is it time for a reform?

IF 0.8 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Polar Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/2154896X.2021.1977048

Yelena Yermakova

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) has governed the Antarctic for the last six decades ensuring it to be a place of peace and scientific cooperation. Like any institution, the ATS exists in order to solve collective action problems through coordination and the creation of norms. But how do we know if a particular institution is the right one to solve a specific problem or address issues regarding the governance of a region? And when is it time to replace or reform such an institution? To answer these questions, we need an account of institutional legitimacy. An assessment of the legitimacy of the ATS is necessary in order to determine whether it is worthy of being empowered through support, or if it is time to reform some aspects of it. Building on the account of legitimacy of global governance institutions proposed by Buchanan and Keohane, the paper assesses the legitimacy of the ATS and argues that it is time to reform some components of it. Specifically, the paper assesses the legitimacy of the ATS based on the following criteria: minimal moral acceptability; comparative benefit; institutional integrity; and accountability. The paper highlights the ATS’ shortcomings based on these criteria and suggests reforms that will strengthen the legitimacy of the ATS

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南极条约体系的合法性:现在是改革的时候了吗?

摘要南极条约体系（ATS）在过去的60年里一直统治着南极，确保了它成为一个和平与科学合作的地方。与任何机构一样，ATS的存在是为了通过协调和制定规范来解决集体行动问题。但是，我们如何知道一个特定的机构是否是解决特定问题或解决与地区治理有关问题的正确机构？什么时候该取代或改革这样一个机构？为了回答这些问题，我们需要对制度合法性进行说明。对ATS的合法性进行评估是必要的，以确定它是否值得通过支持获得授权，或者是否是时候改革它的某些方面了。在Buchanan和Keohane提出的全球治理机构合法性的基础上，本文对ATS的正当性进行了评估，并认为是时候改革其某些组成部分了。具体而言，本文根据以下标准评估ATS的合法性：最低道德可接受性；比较效益；制度完整性；以及问责制。该文件基于这些标准强调了ATS的缺点，并建议进行改革，以加强ATS的合法性

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Polar Journal Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (all)

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期刊介绍： Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact. The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple disciplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research. Each issue of the journal either features articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or is a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches. Topics include: • Polar governance and policy • Polar history, heritage, and culture • Polar economics • Polar politics • Music, art, and literature of the polar regions • Polar tourism • Polar geography and geopolitics • Polar psychology • Polar archaeology Manuscript types accepted: • Regular articles • Research reports • Opinion pieces • Book Reviews • Conference Reports.