Social Cues - How the Liberal Community Legitimizes Humanitarian War

This Element advances a theory of social cues to explain how international institutions legitimize foreign policy. It provides an understanding of institutional legitimacy that contributes to debates about multilateralism, humanitarian intervention, and identity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Institutions and political legitimacy, a debate; 2. A theory of social cues; 3. Evidence from American interventions; 4. Evidence of social cueing; 5. Foreign audiences; 6. Reassessing the literature; 7. Implications; References; Acknowledgments.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Art Chu, Jonathan Art (National University of Singapor Chu
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009557313
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0955731-3
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Elements in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; NATO, United Nations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International institutions, International humanitarian law, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings, Public international law: humanitarian law, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)