POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Democratic Peace Theory, Liberal Democracy, Collective Action
23 Feb 2017
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Groups: interests might be national or particularistic, trade protection would be particularistic to the protected sector, leaders and groups may have interests in war. When oil prices spike, war breaks out. Democracies usually go to war with autocracies than autocracies go to war with each other. Can internal characteristics of states explain why states go to war: domestic institution s help determine who runs gov. Rally around the flag effect alters bargaining range: rally effects and the bargaining range. Rally effect: a short-term boost in the gov. approval from a foreign policy crisis: both democratic and nondemocratic leaders may seek the rally effect. War may serve the interests of some domestic groups. Groups may have selfish interests contrary to national interests. Types of groups: political parties, economic interest groups, ideological or ethnic interest groups, bureaucratic interests. Collective action: smaller groups tend to be better organized.
