Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy by Kenneth A Schultz

Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy by Kenneth A Schultz

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.

'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, Global Review of Ethnopolitics

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ISBN 13	9780521796699
ISBN 10	0521796695
Title	Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy
Author	Kenneth A Schultz
Series	Cambridge Studies In International Relations
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2001-07-26
Number of pages	324
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