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Legitimacy and international administration: the Ahtisaari settlement for Kosovo from a human security perspective

Kostovicova, Denisa ORCID: 0000-0002-6243-4379 (2008) Legitimacy and international administration: the Ahtisaari settlement for Kosovo from a human security perspective. International Peacekeeping, 15 (5). pp. 631-647. ISSN 1353-3312

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Identification Number: 10.1080/13533310802396160

Abstract

Legitimacy is recognized as critical to the success of international administrations in their efforts to build and promote peace, stability and welfare in post-conflict territories. Nonetheless, scholarship on statebuilding is dominated by the 'managerial' approach, which offers a top-down analysis of policies by international actors and their impact on local constituencies. With its focus on the grass roots, the individual and a multiplicity of concerns, a human security perspective on international administration can identify and address their legitimacy gap, resulting in strategies for more effective conflict resolution. The argument is illustrated by analysis of the Ahtisaari process and plan for Kosovo's final status.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13533312.as...
Additional Information: © 2008 Taylor & Francis
Divisions: Government
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2009 16:24
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2024 21:06
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24240

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