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Dangerous democracies and partying prime ministers : domestic political contexts and foreign policy /

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 cyc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atkinson, Chad, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 produ.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 133 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739133613
0739133616
1282479075
9781282479074
9786612479076
6612479078