War and Democratic Constraint : : How the Public Influences Foreign Policy / / Philip B. K. Potter, Matthew A. Baum.

Why do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a democracy's decision to join or avoid a war? War and Democratic Constraint shows that the key to how a government de...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 37 line illus. 29 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Looking for Democratic Constraint
  • Chapter 2. Democracies Are Not Created Equal: A Theory of Democratic Constraint
  • Chapter 3. Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation
  • Chapter 4. Looking for Audience Costs in All the Wrong Places: Constraint and Reciprocation
  • Chapter 5. Willing and Politically Able: Democratic Constraint and Coalition Joining
  • Chapter 6. Downs Meets the Press: How Party Systems Shape the News
  • Chapter 7. Coalition Stories: Cases from the Iraq Coalition
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: Information, Constraint, and Democratic Foreign Policy
  • References
  • Index