Giacomo Chiozza, H. E. Goemans

Leaders and International Conflict

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chiozza and Goemans seek to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international crises and wars. They argue that the fate of leaders and the way leadership changes, shapes leaders' decisions to initiate international conflict. Leaders who anticipate regular removal from office, through elections for example, have little to gain and much to lose from international conflict, whereas leaders who anticipate a forcible removal from office, such as through coup or revolution, have little to lose and much to gain from conflict. This theory is tested against an extensive analysis of more than 80 years of international conflict and with an intensive historical examination of Central American leaders from 1848 to 1918. Leaders and International Conflict highlights the political nature of the choice between war and peace and will appeal to all scholars of international relations and comparative politics. The role of leadership in international conflict has recently become one of the most dynamic research agendas in international relations. This book seeks to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international wars and argues that the fate of leaders shapes their decisions to initiate international conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781107660731
• ISBN-10: 1107660734
• Artikelnr.: 33353685

Autorenporträt

Giacomo Chiozza is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University and is a student and scholar of international relations and international security. He is an expert on the study of attitudes towards US power and the study of political leaders in conflict processes. He is the author of Anti-Americanism and the American World Order (2009) and of several articles published in academic journals including the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the American Journal of Political Science and the European Journal of International Relations. In 2008-09 he served as a member of the American Political Science Association Presidential Task Force on US Standing in World Politics. Professor Chiozza holds a PhD from Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. When do leaders fight?; 3. International conflict and the fate of leaders; 4. The fate of leaders and incentives to fight; 5. Case studies: fighting for survival; 6. Conclusions.

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1. Introduction
2. When do leaders fight?
3. International conflict and the fate of leaders
4. The fate of leaders and incentives to fight
5. Case studies: fighting for survival
6. Conclusions.

Rezensionen

"Chiozza and Goemans make an important contribution to the literature on war and politics. The book's great strength is its return to an analytic focus on the role of leaders and the incentives they face as individuals."
- Allan C. Stam, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan