Disarmed Democracies
Subtitle: Domestic Institutions and the Use of Force
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: March 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780472111206
Subjects: International relations; World politics; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political History; Political Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Military Science; Political Science / International Relations; History & Theory - General; 1945-; Case studies; Military Policy
Description: "How do the structures of domestic political institutions affect whether democracies use force or make threats during international disputes? In Disarmed Democracies: Domestic Institutions and the Use of Force, David P. Auerswald examines this question. While action is shaped as much by domestic political calculations as by geopolitical circumstance, Auerswald shows that variations in democratic institutional structures make some democracies more likely to use force than others.".

"Disarmed Democracies is for those concerned with the exercise of U.S. leadership in the next century, the use of force by democracies, and the future behavior of democratizing nations, and for social scientists interested in the domestic politics of international security, comparative foreign policy, or the study of domestic institutions."--BOOK JACKET.