publication . Article . 2017

International transitional administrations and the politics of authority building

Name: International transitional administrations and the politics of authority building
Creator: Dominik Zaum
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Law

Dominik Zaum;

Open Access English

Published: 02 Oct 2017

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Abstract

This article critically examines authority-building practices in the context of statebuilding through the lens of one particular form of external statebuilding interventions: international transitional administrations (ITAs), which are established by international organisations (mainly the UN) to exercise governmental functions over a territory, and in some cases to engage in the establishment or reform of political, administrative, and economic institutions. Drawing in particular on one ITA, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the article aims to critically evaluate authority building as a framework for understanding the practices of stateb...

doi: 10.1080/17502977.2017.1385237

Subjects

free text keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Law, Sociology, Legitimacy, Peacebuilding, Timor leste, Public administration, Politics

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