Inside the UN security council legitimation practices and Darfur Gifkins, Jess creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2023 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource : illustrations. UN Security Council decisions impact billions of people and yet its formal rules are minimal and tell us little about how decisions are made. Instead, informal, and often unwritten practices, form the basis of negotiations. This book introduces and develops the concept of legitimation practices to analyse the UN Security Council's decision-making. Legitimation practices shape the process and outcome of negotiations. Internal legitimation practices, which relate to the legitimation of Security Council decisions such as prioritizing unanimity, constrain and enable the text of resolutions. External legitimation practices such as 'doing something', even if it cannot be implemented, relate to the legitimation of actors in the negotiations and shape whether decisions can be reached at all. This book demonstrates the impact of legitimation practices within Security Council decision-making, both in general and focused on the case of Darfur in the west of Sudan. Security Council negotiations on Darfur are analysed in depth to show how legitimation practices shape decision-making across issue areas of agenda-setting, sanctions, referral to the International Criminal Court, and peacekeeping. Foregrounding legitimation practices sheds light on seemingly contradictory moments within Security Council decision-making, such as the United States enabling the referral of the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, despite long-standing objections to the court and the capacity to veto the decision. The book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including original interviews with key decision makers, to show that legitimation practices are an integral aspect of Security Council negotiations. Cover -- Title -- Copyrifht Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One -- 1 Influence in the UN Security Council -- 2 Legitimation Practices -- Part Two -- 3 On the Ground in Darfur -- 4 The Politics of Agenda-Setting -- 5 Inching towards Sanctions -- 6 The UN Security Council's First Referral to the ICC -- 7 Peacekeeping and the Challenge of Consent -- Conclusion -- Index. Specialized. specialized Jess Gifkins. Also issued in print: 2023. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-sj--- United Nations. Security Council. United Nations. Security Council Darfur (Sudan) History 21st century International relations Darfour (Soudan) Histoire 21e siècle Relations internationales international relations International Relations Military Science TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Sudan Darfur International law Law 2000-2099 fast JZ5006.7 .G5 2023 341.2323 Inside the UN Security Council Gifkins, Jess. Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] (DLC) 2023949047 (OCoLC)1411295377 (OCoLC)1411295377 9780191965159 0191965154 9780192695635 0192695630 9780192869029 9780192695628 0192695622 0192869027 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/55725 STBDS 231026 20260318170129.6 in00005698922 eng