PSC 116G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Enemy Image, Expected Utility Hypothesis, Status Quo Bias
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10 multiple choice (20%): worth 2 points each. 5 short answer (30%): worth 6 points each. State-level theories of int"l politics - theories of foreign policy, not general theories for. Democratic peace theory - is a state level theory asserting that the kind of state matters. Empirical record of the dpt- no two democracies have ever fought a war. Militarized disputes (small conflicts) between democracies have been very rare, but democracies are just as likely to start a fight with non-democracies as the other way around. Simple model explanation - democratic publics do not want war, Immanuel kant -democracies are inherently more peaceful than other types of non-democracies start war to distract public government. Dyadic model explanation of the dpt- link between democracy and peace depends on pair of states. Democracies do not fight each other but do fight non-democracies. Structural argument- expectation that conflicts can be resolved peacefully (compromise instead of violence) o.
