Interpretative Authority in Postwar Societies On the Political Authority of the International Administrations in Cambodia and Kosovo

As a form of external state building international administrations attempt to gain interpretative authority in postwar societies. In this article we explore how interpretative authority is established and to what extent this shifts the relationship between international and local political actors. F...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für internationale Beziehungen 2014-12, Vol.21 (2), p.7-36
Main Authors: Bonacker, Thorsten, Brodocz, Andre, Distler, Werner, Travouillon, Katrin
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Building Authorities
Cambodia
Kosovo
Management
Opportunity Structures
United Nations
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Summary:As a form of external state building international administrations attempt to gain interpretative authority in postwar societies. In this article we explore how interpretative authority is established and to what extent this shifts the relationship between international and local political actors. For that we study two cases in particular, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) showing that opportunity structures are crucial for generating the interpretative authority of international administrations. However, local actors also could use those structures to articulate alternative concepts of the postwar political order and thereby contest the administration's authority. Effectively in the course of both state building missions this is the case. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0946-7165