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dc.contributor.advisorWalker, William
dc.contributor.authorRoydan, Alexa
dc.coverage.spatialii, 249en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-26T13:27:25Z
dc.date.available2010-08-26T13:27:25Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/984
dc.description.abstractUsing the IAEA as a case for focused study, this thesis argues that the construction and reconstruction of the Secretariat’s legitimacy has been dependant upon several different legitimating influences at different stages in the IAEA’s evolution. In brief, it will be demonstrated that early on, in the absence of clear non-proliferation norms, power wielded by critical and self-interested actors functioned as the primary legitimator – promoting early development and insulating the organization from outside pressures. However, based upon this particular case, I will also argue that state power alone is insufficient to guarantee legitimacy and the exercise of international public authority, especially in light of the degree to which these institutions are increasingly expected to challenge the territorial sovereignty of member states. In order for an organization to acquire adequate legitimacy to exercise public authority over the long term, it must develop beyond the point at which state power is instrumental, and assume a degree of organizational autonomy. This happened with the evolution of organizational expertise recognizing the IAEA’s bureaucracy as an authority, development of specific nonproliferation rules and norms that placed the IAEA in authority, and “right” processes within the bureaucracy that reinforced these and other substantive norms, positioning the Secretariat as a trusted agent within international society. Thus, the development of a professional identity, successful norms and rules, and the elaboration of a “right” process were key to the creation of legitimacy, and as a consequence, the Secretariat’s exercise of public authority in support of the safeguards regime.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subject.lccHD9698.5R7
dc.subject.lcshInternational Atomic Energy Agencyen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear nonproliferation--International cooperationen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear industry--Safety measures--International cooperationen_US
dc.subject.lcshRadioactive waste disposal--Safety measures--International cooperationen_US
dc.titleLegitimacy and international public authority : the evolution of IAEA safeguardsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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