Intersubjective legitimacy and the failure of Kosovo's authoritarian peace

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680707
AutoresIsaac Grief (0000-0002-6831-9195, independent scholar, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen23
Número6
Páginas587-610
Fecha de publicación2023-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2023.2291260
OpenAlexW4389560447
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas53

Legitimacy is traditionally the province of peacebuilding schools which pursue positive peace, but it is salient in illiberal contexts too. In this article I make the case that the concept of intersubjective legitimacy gives Authoritarian Conflict Management (ACM) theory the tools to address the processes of (de-)legitimation. It also highlights the interdependence of ACM'sdiscursive, spatial, and economic means of control. This elaborates ACM and thus makes a theoretical contribution to a growing research agenda on illiberal peacebuilding. I make a further, empirical contribution by illustrating my point with a study of the rise and fall of Kosovo's old guard parties. They constructed an intersubjective environment using the means of ACM that allowed them to legitimate their governance despite grievances. The LVV movement was then able to break the intersubjectivity through actions of de-legitimation. My account therefore de-emphasises the influence of grievances alone and instead foregrounds active performances of legitimation in Kosovo

Authoritarianism · Autonomy · Corporate governance · Democracy · Intersubjectivity · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Salient · Social science · Sociology · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics