Liberal Bias: Why the International Governance System is Struggling and the Contestation Strategies of Authoritarian States

Autor: Salvati, Federico
Přispěvatelé: Freie Universität Berlin, Osteuropa-Institut Abt. Politik
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: 90, Arbeitspapiere des Osteuropa-Instituts der Freien Universität Berlin, Arbeitsschwerpunkt Politik, 16
Druh dokumentu: Arbeitspapier<br />working paper
ISSN: 1434-419X
Popis: Why do countries like China and Russia appeal to international law to support their policy? In addition, why is the liberal system in a crisis if ideas like democracy and human rights are so pervasive within the political debate? In the following paper, I will try to answer these questions by looking at how liberal theory has influenced the development of today’s governance structure. I will then move to comment on what I call the "liberal bias" of international governance referring to relevant literature on the concept of categorisation and categorical thought in neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Finally, following my theoretical baseline, I will present a quick analysis of how autocracies use linguistic categories to influence the evolution of liberal values.
Databáze: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository