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Dangerous Democracies and Partying Prime Ministers
Chad Atkinson
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Description for Dangerous Democracies and Partying Prime Ministers
Hardback. Num Pages: 133 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
This book examines why elected leaders pursue foreign policies that are remarkably distant from their proposed policies. To investigate this pattern this book develops a model of how the foreign policy preferences of the executive and the government in the legislature interact over the electoral cycle to affect democratic leaders' foreign policy choices. The executive is cross-pressured when the foreign policy that the legislature wants is not the same policy that the executive's constituents want. The executive must choose a policy that balances the conflicting demands of remaining in a productive government (pleasing the legislature) and obtaining votes in the ... Read more
This book examines why elected leaders pursue foreign policies that are remarkably distant from their proposed policies. To investigate this pattern this book develops a model of how the foreign policy preferences of the executive and the government in the legislature interact over the electoral cycle to affect democratic leaders' foreign policy choices. The executive is cross-pressured when the foreign policy that the legislature wants is not the same policy that the executive's constituents want. The executive must choose a policy that balances the conflicting demands of remaining in a productive government (pleasing the legislature) and obtaining votes in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
Number of Pages
133
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739133590
SKU
V9780739133590
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About Chad Atkinson
Chad Atkinson is associate professor of Political Science at Wright State University.
Reviews for Dangerous Democracies and Partying Prime Ministers
Professor Atkinson makes an important contribution to the literature on democracy and foreign policy orientation. The deductive theoretical work is top-notch and supported by empirical analysis.
Charles Boehmer, University of Texas at El Paso Chad Atkinson offers an insightful analysis of the relationship between leaders and legislators when making foreign policy decisions. Theoretically solid, methodologically sophisticated, and relevant to ... Read more
Charles Boehmer, University of Texas at El Paso Chad Atkinson offers an insightful analysis of the relationship between leaders and legislators when making foreign policy decisions. Theoretically solid, methodologically sophisticated, and relevant to ... Read more