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Delegitimisation (also spelled delegitimization) is the withdrawal of legitimacy, usually from some institution such as a state, cultural practice, etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly, by statute or accepted practice. It is a sociopsychological^[1] process which undermines or marginalises an entity by presenting facts and/or value judgments that are construed to withdraw legitimacy^[2] and can in some cases be a self-justifying mechanism,^[3] with the ultimate goal of justifying harm of an outgroup.^[4]

The concept applies to a wide spectrum of social contexts ranging from disputes about political entities to chronic illnesses.^[5]

Definition, function and mechanisms

Delegitimisation is the process of constructing a "categorization of groups into extreme social categories which are ultimately excluded from society".^[6] Delegitimisation provides "the moral and the discursive basis to harm the delegitimized group, even in the most inhumane ways".^[4]

Daniel Bar-Tal identified five rhetorical strategies by which delegitimisation occurs: dehumanisation (e.g. "uncivilised savages"), trait characterisation ("idiots", "parasites"), outcasting ("murderers", "terrorists"), use of political labels ("Nazis", "imperialists"), and delegitimisation by group comparison (e.g. with the Huns).^[7] Volpato et al. found eight delegitimizing strategies,^[8] including trait characterisation, political labels, group comparison, segregation, outcasting and using a delegitimised group to stigmatise another group. For example, images of derogated target groups were published in the Italian Fascist magazine La Difesa della Razza in the 1930s.^[9]

A process affecting actual beliefs rather than mere rhetoric is presumed to be at work however. An early controlled study published in 1960 showed that "serious and violent conflict can change previously held positive views of the other group" as in the case of the 1959 border disputes between India and China, eventually leading to the 1962 Sino-Indian War. "Before the dispute, Indian students considered the Chinese to be artistic, religious, industrious, friendly, progressive, and honest. But, as the conflict developed, the Chinese were stereotyped by the same Indian students also as aggressive, cheating, selfish, war-mongering, cruel and shrewd."^[10]

Bar-Tal found that the process mostly occurs in the cases of intractable conflicts and ethnocentrism.^[7] According to Bar-Tal, in these contexts delegitimisation is part of an unholy trinity together with beliefs in justness of own goals and collective self-victimhood.^[11]

History and examples

In 1975, "delegitimisation" became a kind of "buzz word" when then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel Patrick Moynihan accused the international body of delegitimising Israel by passing a "Zionism is racism" resolution.^[12] After United States President Barack Obama included the term in a 2011 speech, it developed wider international currency.^[13]

The paired concepts of "legitimise" and "de-legitimise" have gained currency in discussions about nuclear disarmament.^[14]

Arthur Kleinman found that a delegitimation discourse affects the social course of many chronic illnesses, including pain patients, disorders like chronic fatigue syndrome, and other stigmatizing illnesses like schizophrenia, depression or epilepsy.^[5]

Notes

^ The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 29
^ Clabaugh, Gary et al. (2007). Analyzing Controversy, p. 36., p. 36., at Google Books
^ Volpato, Chiara et al. "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time", International Journal of Conflict and Violence (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), p. 273, citing Daniel Bar-Tal. (1990). "Causes and Consequences of Delegitimization: Models of Conflict and Ethnocentrism," Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 46, pp. 65-89; retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ ^a ^b The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 31
^ ^a ^b Arthur Kleinman, "The Social Course of Chronic Illness" in Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy edited by S. Kay Toombs, David Barnard, Ronald Alan Carson, p. 181
^ Volpato, p. 272; retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ ^a ^b Delegitimization entry in The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology edited by Daniel J. Christie.
^ Volpato, (abstract); retrieved 2011-09-18.
^ Volpato, p. 275; retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 35
^ The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 37
^ Rosenberg, M.J. "Israel: 'Delegitimization' is just a distraction," Los Angeles Times (US), July 17, 2011; Lis, Jonathan. "Livni: Delegitimization of Israel exacerbates other threats," Haaretz (Israel). August 24, 2010; retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) mirroring Kohen, Marcelo. "Oui au Kosovo, non à la Palestine?" Le Temps (Switzerland). September 15, 2011; excerpt, "1. «La démarche palestinienne délégitimise Israël.» (Obama, 19 mai 2011). La démarche palestinienne ne remet pas en cause l’Etat d’Israël. Au contraire, elle implique la reconnaissance de son existence et consolide la solution des deux Etats"; retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ Blair, Bruce et al. "Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Foreign Affairs (US), Vol. 89, No. 5, September/October 2010; excerpt, "These postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that lends legitimacy to the nuclear ambitions of other nations"; compare Berry, Ken et al. "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence," Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Monterey Institute of International Studies. May 2010; retrieved 2011-09-20.

References

Berry, Ken, Patricia Lewis, Benoît Pélopidas, Nikolai Sokov and Ward Wilson. "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence," Monterey Institute of International Studies. May 2010.
Clabaugh, Gary K. and Edward G. Rozycki. (1997). Analyzing Controversy. Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780697343352; OCLC 37662714
Volpato, Chiara et al. "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time" (abstract), International Journal of Conflict and Violence (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), pp. 269–287.

External links

Brimmer, Esther. "Multilateral Cooperation Between The United States and Israel: Fighting Delegitimization, Moving Forward Together," Address at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 15, 2011.

[1] The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 29

[2] Clabaugh, Gary et al. (2007). Analyzing Controversy, p. 36., p. 36., at Google Books

[3] Volpato, Chiara et al. "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time", International Journal of Conflict and Violence (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), p. 273, citing Daniel Bar-Tal. (1990). "Causes and Consequences of Delegitimization: Models of Conflict and Ethnocentrism," Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 46, pp. 65-89; retrieved 2011-09-19.

[Tropp31-4] The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 31

[Illness-5] Arthur Kleinman, "The Social Course of Chronic Illness" in Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy edited by S. Kay Toombs, David Barnard, Ronald Alan Carson, p. 181

[6] Volpato, p. 272; retrieved 2011-09-19.

[Christie-7] Delegitimization entry in The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology edited by Daniel J. Christie.

[8] Volpato, (abstract); retrieved 2011-09-18.

[9] Volpato, p. 275; retrieved 2011-09-19.

[10] The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 35

[11] The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict edited by Linda Tropp, p. 37

[Israel-12] Rosenberg, M.J. "Israel: 'Delegitimization' is just a distraction," Los Angeles Times (US), July 17, 2011; Lis, Jonathan. "Livni: Delegitimization of Israel exacerbates other threats," Haaretz (Israel). August 24, 2010; retrieved 2011-09-19.

[13] Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) mirroring Kohen, Marcelo. "Oui au Kosovo, non à la Palestine?" Le Temps (Switzerland). September 15, 2011; excerpt, "1. «La démarche palestinienne délégitimise Israël.» (Obama, 19 mai 2011). La démarche palestinienne ne remet pas en cause l’Etat d’Israël. Au contraire, elle implique la reconnaissance de son existence et consolide la solution des deux Etats"; retrieved 2011-09-19.

[14] Blair, Bruce et al. "Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Foreign Affairs (US), Vol. 89, No. 5, September/October 2010; excerpt, "These postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that lends legitimacy to the nuclear ambitions of other nations"; compare Berry, Ken et al. "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence," Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Monterey Institute of International Studies. May 2010; retrieved 2011-09-20.

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+{{Short description|Sociopsychological process of taking perceived authority away from something}}
-'''Delegitimisation''' (also spelled '''delegitimation''') is the withdrawal of legitimacy, usually from some institution such as a state, cultural practice, etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly, by statute or accepted practice. It is a [[Social psychology|sociopsychological]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA29 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 29</ref> [[wikt:process|process]] which undermines or marginalises an entity by presenting facts and/or value judgments construed c.q. constructed to withdraw [[wikt:legitimacy|legitimacy]] <ref>Clabaugh, Gary ''et al.'' (2007). {{Google books|cyGIMEWfcRUC|''Analyzing Controversy,'' p. 36.|page=36.}}</ref> and can in some cases be a self-justifying mechanism,<ref>Volpato, Chiara ''et al.'' [http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/71/pdf_3 "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time"], ''International Journal of Conflict and Violence'' (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), p. 273, citing [[Daniel Bar-Tal]]. (1990). "Causes and Consequences of Delegitimization: Models of Conflict and Ethnocentrism," ''Journal of Social Issues,'' Vol. 46, pp. 65-89; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref> with the ultimate goal of justifying [[harm]] of an [[outgroup (sociology)|outgroup]].<ref name="Tropp31" />
+'''Delegitimisation''' (also spelled '''delegitimization''') is the withdrawal of [[Legitimacy (political)|legitimacy]], usually from some [[institution]] such as a state, cultural practice, etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly, by [[statute]] or accepted practice. It is a [[Social psychology|sociopsychological]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA29 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 29</ref> [[wikt:process|process]] which undermines or marginalises an entity by presenting facts and/or value judgments that are construed to withdraw legitimacy<ref>Clabaugh, Gary ''et al.'' (2007). {{Google books|cyGIMEWfcRUC|''Analyzing Controversy,'' p. 36.|page=36.}}</ref> and can in some cases be a [[Self-justification|self-justifying]] mechanism,<ref>Volpato, Chiara ''et al.'' [http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/71/pdf_3 "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time"], ''International Journal of Conflict and Violence'' (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), p. 273, citing [[Daniel Bar-Tal]]. (1990). "Causes and Consequences of Delegitimization: Models of Conflict and Ethnocentrism," ''Journal of Social Issues,'' Vol. 46, pp. 65-89; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref> with the ultimate goal of justifying [[harm]] of an [[outgroup (sociology)|outgroup]].<ref name="Tropp31" />
 The concept applies to a wide spectrum of social contexts ranging from disputes about political entities to [[chronic illness]]es.<ref name="Illness">Arthur Kleinman, "The Social Course of Chronic Illness" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bzAwGBbGJTwC&pg=PA181 Chronic Illness: From Experience to Policy]'' edited by S. Kay Toombs, David Barnard, Ronald Alan Carson, p. 181</ref>
 ==Definition, function and mechanisms==
-{{POV-section|date=November 2014}}
+{{POV section|date=November 2014}}
-Delegitimization is the process of constructing a "categorization of groups into extreme social categories which are ultimately excluded from society".<ref>Volpato, p. 272; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref> Delegitimization provides "the moral and the discursive basis to harm the delegitimized group, even in the most inhumane ways".<ref name=Tropp31>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA31 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 31</ref>
+Delegitimisation is the process of constructing a "categorization of groups into extreme social categories which are ultimately excluded from society".<ref>Volpato, p. 272; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref> Delegitimisation provides "the moral and the discursive basis to harm the delegitimized group, even in the most inhumane ways".<ref name=Tropp31>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA31 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 31</ref>
-[[Daniel Bar-Tal]] identified five [[rhetoric]]al strategies by which delegitimization occurs: [[dehumanization]] (e.g. "uncivilized savages"), trait characterization ("idiots", "parasites"), [[outcast (person)|outcast]]ing ("murderers", "terrorists"), use of political labels ("Nazis", "imperialists"), and delegitimization by group comparison (e.g. with the [[Huns]]).<ref name="Christie"/> Volpato et al. found eight delegitimizing strategies,<ref>Volpato, (abstract); retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref> including trait characterisation, political labels, group comparison, segregation, outcasting and using a delegitimized group to stigmatize another group. For example, images of derogated target groups were published in the [[Italian Fascism|Italian Fascist]] magazine ''La Difesa della Razza'' in the 1930s.<ref>Volpato, p. 275; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>
+[[Daniel Bar-Tal]] identified five [[rhetoric]]al strategies by which delegitimisation occurs: [[dehumanisation]] (e.g. "uncivilised savages"), trait characterisation ("idiots", "parasites"), [[outcast (person)|outcast]]ing ("murderers", "terrorists"), use of political labels ("Nazis", "imperialists"), and delegitimisation by group comparison (e.g. with the [[Huns]]).<ref name="Christie"/> Volpato et al. found eight delegitimizing strategies,<ref>Volpato, (abstract); retrieved 2011-09-18.</ref> including trait characterisation, political labels, group comparison, segregation, outcasting and using a delegitimised group to stigmatise another group. For example, images of derogated target groups were published in the [[Italian Fascism|Italian Fascist]] magazine ''La Difesa della Razza'' in the 1930s.<ref>Volpato, p. 275; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>
 A process affecting actual beliefs rather than mere rhetoric is presumed to be at work however. An early controlled study published in 1960 showed that "serious and violent conflict can change previously held positive views of the other group" as in the case of the 1959 border disputes between India and China, eventually leading to the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]]. "Before the dispute, Indian students considered the Chinese to be artistic, religious, industrious, friendly, progressive, and honest. But, as the conflict developed, the Chinese were [[stereotype]]d by the same Indian students also as aggressive, cheating, selfish, war-mongering, cruel and shrewd."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA35 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 35</ref>
-Bar-Tal found that the process mostly occurs in the cases of intractable [[Conflict (process)|conflict]]s and [[ethnocentrism]].<ref name="Christie">[https://books.google.com/books?id=x-YL3Rgl80sC&pg=PA321 Delegitimization] entry in ''The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology'' edited by Daniel J. Christie.</ref> According to Bar-Tal, in these contexts delegitimization is part of an unholy trinity together with beliefs in justness of own goals and collective self-victimhood.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA37 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 37</ref>
+Bar-Tal found that the process mostly occurs in the cases of intractable [[Conflict (process)|conflict]]s and [[ethnocentrism]].<ref name="Christie">[https://books.google.com/books?id=x-YL3Rgl80sC&pg=PA321 Delegitimization] entry in ''The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology'' edited by Daniel J. Christie.</ref> According to Bar-Tal, in these contexts delegitimisation is part of an unholy trinity together with beliefs in justness of own goals and collective self-victimhood.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vlN6FyNjMRsC&pg=PA37 The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict] edited by Linda Tropp, p. 37</ref>
 == History and examples ==
-In 1975, "delegitimization" became a kind of "[[buzz word]]" when then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] accused the international body of [[Delegitimization of Israel|delegitimizing Israel]] by passing a "[[Zionism is racism]]" resolution.<ref name="Israel">Rosenberg, M.J. [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/17/opinion/la-oe-rosenberg-israel-20110717  "Israel: 'Delegitimization' is just a distraction,"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (US), July 17, 2011; Lis, Jonathan. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/livni-delegitimization-of-israel-exacerbates-other-threats-1.309993  "Livni: Delegitimization of Israel exacerbates other threats,"] ''Haaretz'' (Israel). August 24, 2010; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>  After United States President [[Barack Obama]] included the term in a 2011 speech, it developed wider international currency.<ref>''Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement'' (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) mirroring Kohen, Marcelo. [http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/bypass/lang/en/institute/news?newsId=120143&archive_month=8&archive_year=2011   "Oui au Kosovo, non à la Palestine?"] ''Le Temps'' (Switzerland). September 15, 2011; excerpt, "1. ''«La démarche palestinienne délégitimise Israël.» (Obama, 19 mai 2011). La démarche palestinienne ne remet pas en cause l’Etat d’Israël. Au contraire, elle implique la reconnaissance de son existence et consolide la solution des deux Etats''"; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>
+In 1975, "delegitimisation" became a kind of "[[buzz word]]" when then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] accused the international body of [[Delegitimization of Israel|delegitimising Israel]] by passing a "[[Zionism is racism]]" resolution.<ref name="Israel">Rosenberg, M.J. [https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-jul-17-la-oe-rosenberg-israel-20110717-story.html  "Israel: 'Delegitimization' is just a distraction,"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (US), July 17, 2011; Lis, Jonathan. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/livni-delegitimization-of-israel-exacerbates-other-threats-1.309993  "Livni: Delegitimization of Israel exacerbates other threats,"] ''Haaretz'' (Israel). August 24, 2010; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>  After United States President [[Barack Obama]] included the term in a 2011 speech, it developed wider international currency.<ref>''Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement'' (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) mirroring Kohen, Marcelo. [http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/iheid/cache/bypass/lang/en/institute/news?newsId=120143&archive_month=8&archive_year=2011   "Oui au Kosovo, non à la Palestine?"] ''Le Temps'' (Switzerland). September 15, 2011; excerpt, "1. ''«La démarche palestinienne délégitimise Israël.» (Obama, 19 mai 2011). La démarche palestinienne ne remet pas en cause l’Etat d’Israël. Au contraire, elle implique la reconnaissance de son existence et consolide la solution des deux Etats''"; retrieved 2011-09-19.</ref>
-The paired concepts of "legitimize" and "de-legitimize" have gained currency in discussions about nuclear disarmament.<ref>Blair, Bruce ''et al.'' [http://carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/pdf/Smaller_and_Safer.pdf  "Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures,"] ''Foreign Affairs'' (US), Vol. 89, No. 5, September/October 2010; excerpt, "These postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that lends legitimacy to the nuclear ambitions of other nations"; ''compare'' Berry, Ken ''et al.'' [http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/delegitimizing_nuclear_weapons_may_2010.pdf  "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence,"]  [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]].  May 2010; retrieved 2011-09-20.</ref>
+The paired concepts of "legitimise" and "de-legitimise" have gained currency in discussions about nuclear disarmament.<ref>Blair, Bruce ''et al.'' [http://carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/pdf/Smaller_and_Safer.pdf  "Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103173057/http://carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/pdf/Smaller_and_Safer.pdf |date=2011-11-03 }} ''Foreign Affairs'' (US), Vol. 89, No. 5, September/October 2010; excerpt, "These postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that lends legitimacy to the nuclear ambitions of other nations"; ''compare'' Berry, Ken ''et al.'' [http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/delegitimizing_nuclear_weapons_may_2010.pdf  "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020091959/http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/delegitimizing_nuclear_weapons_may_2010.pdf |date=2011-10-20 }}  [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]].  May 2010; retrieved 2011-09-20.</ref>
 [[Arthur Kleinman]] found that a delegitimation discourse affects the social course of many [[chronic illness]]es, including [[pain]] patients, disorders like [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], and other [[Social stigma|stigmatizing]] illnesses like [[schizophrenia]], [[depression (mood)|depression]] or [[epilepsy]].<ref name="Illness"/>
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 ==References==
-* Berry, Ken, Patricia Lewis, Benoît Pélopidas, Nikolai Sokov and Ward Wilson. [http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/delegitimizing_nuclear_weapons_may_2010.pdf  "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence,"]  [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]].  May 2010.
+* Berry, Ken, Patricia Lewis, Benoît Pélopidas, Nikolai Sokov and Ward Wilson. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111020091959/http://cns.miis.edu/opapers/pdfs/delegitimizing_nuclear_weapons_may_2010.pdf  "Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence,"]  [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]].  May 2010.
-* Clabaugh, Gary K. and Edward G. Rozycki. (1997). ''Analyzing Controversy.''	Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.  {{ISBN|9780697343352}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/analyzing-controversy-an-introductory-guide/oclc/37662714&referer=brief_results  OCLC 37662714]
+* Clabaugh, Gary K. and Edward G. Rozycki. (1997). ''Analyzing Controversy.''	Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.  {{ISBN|9780697343352}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37662714  OCLC 37662714]
 * Volpato, Chiara ''et al.'' [http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/71  "Picturing the Other: Targets of Delegitimization across Time" (abstract)], ''[[International Journal of Conflict and Violence]]'' (Germany). Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010), pp.&nbsp;269–287.
 ==External links==
-* [[Esther Brimmer|Brimmer, Esther]]. [https://www.state.gov/p/io/rm/2011/166223.htm  "Multilateral Cooperation Between The United States and Israel: Fighting Delegitimization, Moving Forward Together,"] Address at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], June 15, 2011.
+* [[Esther Brimmer|Brimmer, Esther]]. [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/io/rm/2011/166223.htm  "Multilateral Cooperation Between The United States and Israel: Fighting Delegitimization, Moving Forward Together,"] Address at the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], June 15, 2011.
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