Chile’s Struggles for International Status and Domestic Legitimacy

This detailed study of Chile’s upward trajectory from the 1973 military coup to its accession to the OECD in 2010 shows how foreign policy elites utilise international status to build legitimacy, consolidate power, and shape collective agency in the world. It moves beyond treatments of status as a concern reserved for greater powers, introducing the concept of international status management to explain how small states navigate global and regional hierarchies while advancing domestic political a