UID:
almahu_9949284869802882
Format:
1 online resource (80 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009037938 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations,
Content:
When new leaders come to office, there is often speculation about whether they will take their countries' foreign policies in different directions or stick to their predecessors' policies. We argue that when new leaders come to power who represent different societal interests and preferences than their predecessors, leaders may pursue new foreign policies. At the same time, in democracies, leadership selection processes and policymaking rules blunt leaders' incentives and opportunities for change. Democracies thus tend to pursue more consistent foreign policies than nondemocracies even when new leaders with different supporting coalitions assume office. Statistical analyses of three distinct foreign policy areas - military alliances, UNGA voting, and economic sanctions - provide support for our argument. In a fourth area - trade - we find that both democracies and nondemocracies are more likely to experience foreign policy change when a new leader with a different supporting coalition comes to power. We thus conclude that foreign policy responds to domestic political interests, and that, even as the interests supporting leaders change, democracies' foreign policies are no less stab
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Feb 2022).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781009016957
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009037938
