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Christian Reus-Smit
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 69
Citations - 3423
Christian Reus-Smit is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: International relations & Sovereignty. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 68 publications receiving 3187 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian Reus-Smit include Australian National University & European University Institute.
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The Constitutional Structure of International Society and the Nature of Fundamental Institutions
TL;DR: The fundamental institutions of international law and multilateralism are generic structural elements of modern international societies as discussed by the authors and their practice transcends changes in the balance of power and the configuration of interests, even if their density and efficacy vary.
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The Moral Purpose of the State: Culture, Social Identity, and Institutional Rationality in International Relations
TL;DR: Reus-Smit argues that international societies are shaped by deep constitutional structures that are based on prevailing beliefs about the moral purpose of the state, the organizing principle of sovereignty, and the norm of procedural justice as mentioned in this paper.
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International Crises of Legitimacy
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that an actor or institution experiences a crisis of legitimacy when the level of social recognition that its identity, interests, practices, norms, or procedures are rightful declines to the point where it must either adapt (by reconstituting or recalibrating the social bases of its legitimacy, or by investing more heavily in material practices of coercion or bribery) or face disempowerment.
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The Oxford Handbook of International Relations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the notion of the "discipline" and the question of "methods" in the context of the Subfield Boundaries, and introduce the concept of diversity.
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Human rights and the social construction of sovereignty
TL;DR: The authors argue that only by treating sovereignty and human rights as two normative elements of a single, inherently contradictory modern discourse about legitimate statehood and rightful state action can explain key moments in the expansion of the international system during the twentieth century.