What Should We Ask Reputation to Do?

Kristina Daugirdas's important new article prompts two kinds of responses. By providing a sophisticated analysis of the role of reputation in influencing the behavior of international actors, it invites further thoughts about what we might think reputation is and does. By taking a moral positio...

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Main Author: Paul B. Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-01-01
Series:AJIL Unbound
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2398772319000515/type/journal_article
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description Kristina Daugirdas's important new article prompts two kinds of responses. By providing a sophisticated analysis of the role of reputation in influencing the behavior of international actors, it invites further thoughts about what we might think reputation is and does. By taking a moral position—the UN should do more to reduce sexual abuse by UN-sponsored peacekeepers in conflict zones—she provokes us to consider how to optimize institutional design in light of particular goals. In this essay, I don't quarrel with anything she says. Rather, I will respond to her prompting. I will discuss methodological issues first, then normative ones.
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spelling doaj.art-e9329bd3813e4a48bf7e57adbfaecaca2023-03-09T12:27:09ZengCambridge University PressAJIL Unbound2398-77232019-01-0111322322710.1017/aju.2019.51What Should We Ask Reputation to Do?Paul B. Stephan0John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor and John V. Ray Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law.Kristina Daugirdas's important new article prompts two kinds of responses. By providing a sophisticated analysis of the role of reputation in influencing the behavior of international actors, it invites further thoughts about what we might think reputation is and does. By taking a moral position—the UN should do more to reduce sexual abuse by UN-sponsored peacekeepers in conflict zones—she provokes us to consider how to optimize institutional design in light of particular goals. In this essay, I don't quarrel with anything she says. Rather, I will respond to her prompting. I will discuss methodological issues first, then normative ones.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2398772319000515/type/journal_article
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