As you will learn this week, Constructivist theories of international institutions place a great deal of emphasis on legitimacy in global governance arrangements. Legitimacy concerns the perception that an institution and its rules are normatively appropriate and/or practically necessary.
What are some of the standards by which we do and should evaluate the legitimacy of international organizations? In other words, what are some of the norms, values and practices that we use to evaluate whether an international organization and its policies are legitimate?
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