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Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention

Mac Ginty, Roger

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This contribution makes the point that we have entered an era of post-legitimisation whereby intervening states invest little energy into justifying their international interventions. Non-Western intervening states are often accused of offering very minimal justifications for their presence and actions overseas. Where justificatory statements are made, they are often short and bland. In an interesting convergence, leading proponent states of the liberal peace have followed suit and no longer offer lengthy justifications of their actions. At the high-point of liberal internationalism in the 1990s and the early 2000s, immense diplomatic capital was expended on justifying intervention. Now that is not the case. Where justification is made, it deploys the language of security and stabilisation.

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Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention. Conflict, Security and Development, 19(3), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1608019

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jun 11, 2019
Publication Date Jun 11, 2019
Deposit Date Jul 11, 2019
Publicly Available Date Dec 11, 2020
Journal Conflict, Security and Development
Print ISSN 1467-8802
Electronic ISSN 1478-1174
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 3
Pages 251-255
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1608019

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