War and democratic constraint how the public influences foreign policy
War and Democratic Constraint shows that the key to how a government determines foreign policy rests on the transmission and availability of information. Citizens successfully hold their democratic governments accountable and a distinctive foreign policy emerges when two vital institutions--a divers...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press
2015
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| Summary: | War and Democratic Constraint shows that the key to how a government determines foreign policy rests on the transmission and availability of information. Citizens successfully hold their democratic governments accountable and a distinctive foreign policy emerges when two vital institutions--a diverse and independent political opposition and a robust media--are present to make timely information accessible.Matthew Baum and Philip Potter demonstrate that there must first be a politically potent opposition that can blow the whistle when a leader missteps. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 258 pages 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691165233 (paperback) 0691165238 (paperback) |