book: Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)

book: Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) | Kenneth A. Schultz

books:

Democracy and Coer...

	Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) Kenneth A. Schultz Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 322 pages view larger image
	for more information click here

Schultz explores the effects of democratic politics on coercive diplomacy. He argues that open political competition between government and opposition parties influences threats in international crises, how rival states interpret those threats, and whether or not crises can be settled short of war. Compared to their nondemocratic counterparts, democracies make threats more selectively, but those they do make are more likely to be successful--that is, to gain a favorable outcome without war. Schultz uses game-theoretic models and tests the resulting hypothesis using both statistical analyses and historical case studies.

for more information click here

products you might be interested in