War and Democratic Constraint : How the Public Influences Foreign Policy
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Looking for Democratic Constraint
- Why Democratic Institutions Matter
- The Role of Political Information within Democracies
- The Recipe for Democratic Constraint
- Effects on What?
- Moving Forward
- Chapter 2: Democracies Are Not Created Equal: A Theory of Democratic Constraint
- Information, Accountability, and Principal-Agent Problems
- An Uninformed, Inattentive Electorate
- Political Opposition as Whistleblowers
- Media Institutions and the Transmission of Information
- Hearing the Whistleblowers-The Importance of the Press
- Bringing Together Information Generation and Transmission
- Foreign Policy Responsiveness and International Conflict Behavior
- Initiation and the Democratic Peace
- Reciprocation and Audience Costs
- Coalition Formation
- Conclusion and Next Steps
- Chapter 3: Democratic Constraint, the Democratic Peace, and Conflict Initiation
- Period and Structure of Analysis
- Measuring Conflict Initiation
- Measuring the Extent of Opposition with Political Parties
- Measuring Media Access
- Measuring Press Freedom
- Additional Controls
- Results
- Democratic Constraint among Democracies
- Alternative Measures of Conflict
- The Independent Effects of Opposition and Access
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests
- Appendix 2: The Role of the Internet
- Chapter 4: Looking for Audience Costs in All the Wrong Places: Constraint and Reciprocation
- Research Design
- Results
- Unpacking Militarized Disputes
- Compellent Threats
- The Problem of Perception
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests
- Chapter 5: Willing and Politically Able: Democratic Constraint and Coalition Joining
- Iraq (2003): Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Afghanistan (2001): Operation Enduring Freedom
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Statistical Tables and Robustness Tests
- Chapter 6: Downs Meets the Press: How Party Systems Shape the News
- Mapping News Content onto the Downsian Premise
- Cases and Data
- Results
- 2004 and 2009 European Election Studies (EES)
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Statistical Tables, Robustness Tests, and Content Analysis Codebook
- Chapter 7: Coalition Stories: Cases from the Iraq Coalition
- Case Selection
- The United Kingdom
- Spain
- Poland
- Germany
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Information, Constraint, and Democratic Foreign Policy
- Policy Implications
- Recipe for a Watchdog Press: Some Prescriptions for Media Ownership
- Technological Change, the Internet, and Satellite Television
- Moving Forward
- References
- Index