Punishing the Prince

A Theory of Interstate Relations, Political Institutions, and Leader Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-691-13607-3
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.S. was not fighting the Iraqi people. Rather, all quarrels were solely with Iraq's leadership. This kind of assertion remains frequent in foreign affairs--sanctions or military actions are imposed on a nation not because of its people, but because of its misguided leaders. Although the distinction might seem pedantic since the people suffer regardless, Punishing the Prince reveals how targeting individual leaders for punishment rather than the nations they represent creates incentives for cooperation between nations and leaves room for future relations with pariah states. Punishing the Prince demonstrates that theories of leader punishment explain a great deal about international behavior and interstate relations. The book examines the impact that domestic political institutions have on whether citizens hold their leaders accountable for international commitments and shows that the degrees to which citizens are able to remove leaders shape the dynamics of interstate relations and leader turnover. Through analyses of sovereign debt, international trade, sanctions, and crisis bargaining, Fiona McGillivray and Alastair Smith also uncover striking differences in patterns of relations between democratic and autocratic states. Bringing together a vast body of information, Punishing the Prince offers new ways of thinking about international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcgillivray, Fiona

Smith, Alastair

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables xi

Preface xiii

Chapter 1: We Have No Quarrel with the People 1

Leader Specifi c Punishments and Interstate Relations 3

Proper Nouns in International Relations 12

International Cooperation 15

Chapter 2: A Theory of Leader Specifi c Punishments 31

A Stochastic Prisoners? Dilemma with Leader Mortality 33

A Continuous Choice Prisoners? Dilemma 50

Appendix 65

Chapter 3: Political Institutions, Policy Variability, and the Survival of Leaders 77

Leader Survival 77

Selectorate Politics 79

Selectorate Institutions, Policy Choice, and Leader Survival 80

Policy Variability and the Turnover of Leaders 83

Chapter 4: Leader Specifi c Strategies in Human Subject Experiments 89

Human Subject Experiments 90

Results 93

Conclusions 101

Chapter 5: International Trade, Institutions, and Leader Change 109

Data 111

Setup of Econometric Tests and Model Specifi cation 115

Results 119

Conclusions 140

Chapter 6: Putting the Sovereign Back into Sovereign Debt 142

Institutions, Credibility, and Explanations of Debt 143

Modeling the Debt Repayment 145

Data 154

Debt, Repayment, and Leader Replacement 157

Conclusions 172

Chapter 7: Confl ictual Interactions 173

International Crises 173

Economic Sanctions 182

Chapter 8: Positive Political Theory and Policy 190

Building Trust and Cooperation 190

Positive Political Theory or Policy Advice? 192

Conclusions 199

Bibliography 201

Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Fiona McGillivray is associate professor of politics at New York University and the author of "Privileging Industry" (Princeton). Alastair Smith is professor of politics at New York University and the author of "Election Timing".