cam a22 4500 551390735 CHVBK 20201014110031.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 141118s2015 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2014028841 978-0-691-16498-4 (hardback) 978-0-691-16523-3 (paper) (SERSOL)ssj0001461643 (WaSeSS)ssj0001461643 DLC eng DLC DLC WaSeSS rda JZ1305 .B384 2015 327.1 23 POL011000 POL016000 POL028000 SOC052000 bisacsh Baum Matthew 1965- War and democratic constraint how the public influences foreign policy Matthew A. Baum, Philip B. K. Potter Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press [2015] 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references and index. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. "Why do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a democracy's decision to join or avoid a war? 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. This counteracts leaders' incentives to obscure and misrepresent. Second, healthy media institutions must be in place and widely accessible in order to relay information from whistle-blowers to the public. Baum and Potter explore this communication mechanism during three different phases of international conflicts: when states initiate wars, when they respond to challenges from other states, or when they join preexisting groups of actors engaged in conflicts.Examining recent wars, including those in Afghanistan and Iraq, War and Democratic Constraint links domestic politics and mass media to international relations in a brand-new way"-- International relations Public opinion International relations Decision making Citizen participation Political participation POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies bisacsh Potter Philip B. K. https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400866472 Uni Basel: Volltext https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unibern/detail.action?docID=1910585 Uni Bern: Volltext https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400866472 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 De Gruyter PDA SSH eBooks De Gruyter PDA STM eBooks E-Books von 360MarcUpdates Ebook Central All Subscribed Titles PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK IDSBB A145 A145 145VT IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB B405 B405 405VT NELB4052004 IDSBB 100 1- Baum Matthew 1965- IDSBB 700 1- Potter Philip B. K. IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400866472 Uni Basel: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unibern/detail.action?docID=1910585 Uni Bern: Volltext IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9781400866472 Uni Bern: Volltext SWISSBIB 358973597