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- Title
LEGITIMACY PUSH: TOWARDS A GRAMSCIAN APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL LAW.
- Authors
Fry, James D.
- Abstract
This article ostensibly is the first to apply the neo-Marxist International Relations theory known as Gramscianism to international law. Gramscianism is a useful lens through which one might view international law in attempting to better understand the dynamic processes shaping it and the foundations of the international legal system. This article focuses on the aspect of Gramscianism that sees in society the simultaneous elements of coercion by a dominant historic bloc (or hegemon) and the consent of the dominated. Such domination, in essence, is made possible by hegemony providing a sense of normality for the interacting groups, which in turn creates within the dominated groups a pull towards complying with the hegemon's norms.
- Subjects
SOCIALISM; INTERNATIONAL law; INTERNATIONAL relations; HEGEMONY; IMPERIALISM; CRITICAL theory
- Publication
UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 2, p307
- ISSN
1089-2605
- Publication type
Article