Optimal Imperfection? : : Domestic Uncertainty and Institutions in International Relations / / George Downs, David M. Rocke.
"Domestic politics matters" has become a rallying cry for international relations scholars over the past decade, yet the question still remains: Just how does it matter? In this book, George Downs and David Rocke argue that an important part of the international impact of domestic politics...
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Downs, George, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Optimal Imperfection? : Domestic Uncertainty and Institutions in International Relations / George Downs, David M. Rocke. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©1995 1 online resource (176 p.) : 12 figs. 6 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Impact of Uncertainty -- Chapter 2 Game Theory and Uncertainty -- Chapter 3 Gambling for Resurrection -- Chapter 4 Optimal Imperfection: GATT and the Uncertainty of Interest Group Demands -- Chapter 5 Willing but Maybe Not Able: The Impact of Uncertainty about State Capacity -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star "Domestic politics matters" has become a rallying cry for international relations scholars over the past decade, yet the question still remains: Just how does it matter? In this book, George Downs and David Rocke argue that an important part of the international impact of domestic politics springs from the institutional responses to its many uncertainties. This impact is due not so much to the errors in judgment these uncertainties can cause as to the strategic and institutional consequences of knowing that such errors are possible. The heart of the book is its formal analysis of how three kinds of domestic uncertainty have shaped international relations through their influence on three very different institutions. One chapter deals with the decision rules that citizens create to cope with uncertainty about the quality of their representation, and how these can lead to the paradoxical "gambling for resurrection" effect. Another chapter describes the extent to which the weak enforcement provisions of GATT can be understood as a mechanism to cope with uncertain but intermittent interest group demands for protection. The third chapter looks at the impact of uncertainty on the creation, survival, and membership of multilateral regulatory institutions, such as the Montreal Protocol and EU, when some states question the capacity of other states to meet their treaty obligations. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. bisacsh Abreu, Dilip. Adventurism. Asymmetric information. Balance of Power. Bargaining costs. Bayesian learning. Bilateral agreement. Brinkmanship. Capability. Capacity change. Certainty effect. Chief executive. Compensation. Compliance. Contraction. Coordination regime. Cournot equilibrium. Democracy. Deterrence. Diversionary war. Domino effect. Election sanction. Enforcement. Environmental regulation. Equilibrium refinements. Fearon, Jame. Fundamental attribution bias. Gambling for resurrection. Gibbons, Robert. Glorious Revolution. Haas, Peter. Hegemonic stability game. Humes, Brian. Imperfect information. Information uncertainty. Institutionalist tradition. Interest groups. Jervis, Robert. Kahneman, Daniel. Kreps, David. Lafay, Jean-Dominique. Loss aversion. Median voter. Multilateral agreement. Multilateral institution. Multipolarity. New economics of organization. Nontariff barriers. Osborne, Martin. Pareto-suboptimal solutions. Perfect information. Preventive wars. Protectionism. Rocke, David M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691225203?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691225203 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691225203.jpg |
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