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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      08 October 2009
      26 July 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511491658
      9780521792271
      9780521796699
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491658
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 324 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.519kg, 324 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Studies in International Relations (76)
      Subjects:
      Diplomatic and International History, History, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
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    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International Relations (76)
    Subjects:
    Diplomatic and International History, History, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
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    In this book, first published in 2001, Kenneth Schultz explores the effects of democratic politics on the use and success of coercive diplomacy. He argues that open political competition between the government and opposition parties influences the decision to use threats in international crises, how rival states interpret those threats, and whether or not crises can be settled short of war. The relative transparency of their political processes means that, while democratic governments cannot easily conceal domestic constraints against using force, they can also credibly demonstrate resolve when their threats enjoy strong domestic support. As a result, compared to their non-democratic counterparts, democracies are more selective about making threats, but those they do make are more likely to be successful - that is, to gain a favorable outcome without resort to war. Schultz develops his argument through a series of game-theoretic models and tests the resulting hypothesis using both statistical analyses and historical case studies.

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    ‘It is always a pleasure to read a book with such a broad scope and possible important consequences not only for political theory, but also practice as the one written so intelligently by Kenneth Schultz. … It will … be very useful for anyone working and dealing with international security issues; and perhaps, it would provoke others to further and elaborate the issues stirred up by Schultz’s research.’

    Emilian Kavalski Source: Global Review of Ethnopolitics

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