Popular Support

2. Popular Support

• institute reform
• reform creates legitimacy
• legitimacy creates popular support
• no more gurillas

caution

• legitimacy is malleable and subjective
• why do people prefer to be beaten by a policeman who speaks their own language?

cultural context

• this model is culturally specific and not applicable
• it is not the norm yet that international law trumps domestic law
• state sovereignty dominates most of the legal system

offensive component

• provision of something
• active measures
• propoganda - say bad things about the enemy
• financial (buying favour)
• services
• ensure anonymity
• limit liberties (martial law)