An Analysis Of The Effect Of Hegemony On The Legitimacy Of International Regime

"legitimacy"is an important concept in the politic theory, with the meaning of the members approve of and voluntarily obedient to the political power and the political institute. Having no or being short of legitimacy, governing will be difficult to hold for a long time. Therefore, any power, order and institute likely to be lasting must get the legitimacy. Legalization is the process that politic power and politic institute get the approval and obedience by proving and persuading to improve the legitimacy. Jürgen Habermas insists that legitimacy depend on the level of proving and persuasion of the legalization self. Robet O. Keohane insists that legalization refers to the degree of the regulations be obeyed, the accuracy of the regulations and the function on explaining, supervising and putting into effect to the third party. There are four level of legitimacy: full legitimacy, legitimacy deficiency, legitimacy insufficiency and legitimacy crisis.Legitimacy is the content being ignored for a long time in the international relation research,one aspect is that there does not exist legitimacy problem in the international society, because of the strength and power are the foundation that produced in anarchic state in the international society. In another aspect, in the process of studying the international regime, legitimacy is sometimes regarded as one kind of established key element , and is regarded as owning legitimacy so long as international regime exists. There also exists the problem of legitimacy of international regime. The legitimacy of international regime is the volunteering approving on the thesis of the international members'acception. There are two aspects of the basis of the legitimacy of international regime: the dominant ideology and the efficiency of international regime. The dominant ideology is similar to the ideology of the state. The ideology could provide the members outlook of the world and facilitate the procedure of thinking and deciding. The state institute having ideology will run at low cost. The international regime that is deemed legitimate if it embodies some international ideology and the regime will be accepted and conformed to. The other basis of the legitimacy of the international regime is efficacy. If the international regime embodied dominant ideology can't satisfy the members'need or be poorly efficient, it is difficulty to ensure the members to conform to positively, and then the legitimacy will be descrease. Legitimacy of the international regime is able to reduce the hegemony running cost and integrate the members.In the anarchic country of international society, although it is benefit to the country to cooperate, the country is still inclining to self-interest and fight. It is difficult to establish the international regime and the hegemony is important in the process. The hegemony country has ability to provide some public goods in the international society to establish the international regime. However, the starting point of hegemony country to establish the international regime is self-interest. Hegemony country can intergrate the countries into the it's order and achieve the leader role of the world by the international regime. But the international regime has the character of independing, so it can become the implement of the hegemony and also being able to be the implement of average country expresses their attitude and desire. International regime has defended hegemony with active significance and effect of restraining to the hegemony country, and the attitude of the hegemony country decides the hegemony country policy to international regime, and then the way having decided an impact of the hegemony country over international legitimacy of the regime. to hold together whose hegemony benefit and leading position, the hegemony country draws support from the machine-made effect of international actively while hegemony is on the wane relatively,Under this condition, hegemony only is capable of participating positively in the international regime and coming into being the legitimacy of the international regime actively; through providing the public goods to limit the interest and the way to achieve the interest to defend the other basis of the international regime-the efficiency. The hegemony country only is capable to do the impulsion coming into being like empire changes, the country only is capable to do hegemony under such situation, taking a fancy to international regime act to own the single-side restraining effect, and then adopting under thinking that strength of the hegemony country is in the condition increasing relatively and not having in international system the restraint strength large and powerful.Concrete methods are to change the ideology content international society that international regime runs after; According to that it's wish affecting the machine-made travel of international or forcing an international, mechanism reforms according to it's desire; Winding international regime but take single-handed action. Changing the dominant international ideology and the efficiency reduces the legitimacy of international regime.The theory coming to check the relation between USA and the United Nations room assumes the main body of a book. That USA builds machine-made purpose of international is a leader for realizing it's leading role. Thinking that participating in international mechanism right away and defending machine-made legitimacy of international , the value basis that United Nations builds actively is raised by USA mainly when international regime is in favor of whose upkeep hegemony benefit; Adopt the legitimacy coming to consolidate way a train of the international regime. Think that USA gathers the action inclining to reduce international mechanism restricting an effect's to the person when it be lured that USA changes in twenty-first century initial stage frontage to empire: Have forced United Nations to strengthen taking seriously to the terrorism and human rights according to American meaning in the field of United Nations grail, have reduced the request , lessening that the developed country develops to the developing country other country ratification to United Nations; Force United Nations to strengthen taking seriously to the terrorism and human rights according to American meaning in the field of United Nations grail , reduce the request that the developed country develops to the developing country, lessening other country ratification to United Nations; By the fact that the way failing to pay up membership dues brings pressure to bear on somebody in actual operation to United Nations, although USA demands by the fact that the way being in arrears membership dues forces United Nations to take the person seriously, this method of work has damaged United Nations's validity, and then has reduced legitimacy of United Nations; Winding United Nations open directly during the period of the person regards it being necessary being necessary but adopt the military affairs strike that action , USA in 2003 have launched under the situation that United Nations does not authorize to sovereign state Iraqi. This behavior makes United Nations be confronted with the grave legitimacy crisis, United Nations who leads to an international community is reformed to pay close attention to again.The main body of a book conclusion is under condition being caught in to Iraq war mire in USA, impulsion that can make USA inhibit to empire conversion, the road returning to the multilateral doctrine and cooperation among nations comes up, takes the machine-made effect of international seriously again. Machine-made legitimacy of international is able to be strengthened, under the situation that USA hegemony is on the wane relatively. Under the situation that the legitimacy international regime increases, international mechanism also may bring bigger effect into play in the international community.