Awards

• Winner of ISA International Organisation Section Chadwick F. Alger Prize 2008
• Winner of ISA International Organisation Section Chadwick F. Alger Prize 2008.

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Scholars do not fully understand the sources of legitimacy in world affairs or how it shapes and constrains what leaders do, but this book provides important insights by looking closely at one particular site of international authority: the United Nations Security Council. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs Hurd explores the intricate relationship between legitimacy and authority in world politics through an empirical study of the UN Security Council. He provides readers a most thoughtful discussion of the concept of legitimacy, explaining what it is, what it is not, and how it is exercised in world politics. -- J.R. Strand Choice Ian Hurd's new book provides a vital contribution to the discussion with a well-specified model of legitimacy that balances a subjective, psychological definition with a structural account of legitimacy's effects. -- C. Cora True-Frost Political Science Quarterly The book succeeds in its main theoretical objective, which is to show how constructivism and rational choice can be complementary. As such, it is essential reading for those who seek a more nuanced understanding of how social facts work in international politics. -- Jennifer M. Welsh International History Review

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Ian Hurd is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University.

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