POLSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Handicap Principle, Anschluss, The Dilemma
12 Oct 2016
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Perceptions are hard to change because they are based in part of prior experience. Actors in crisis can increase the credibility of their threats through two things: persuasion through separation of types (example: resolute nazi germany brings czechs into the fold. A nationalist germany trying to unify greater germany would not do this, but an expansionist/wannabe hegemonic power germany would. He persuaded that he was resolute in this way: commitment devices such as costly signals and escalation (going to the brink of war to get what you want is a big deal. National reputation of a country can affect this internationally. ) Assess whether a signal can change the perception of another actor by judging whether it separates the types. The versailles treaty imposed terms on germany that most germans found unacceptable. Hitler (cid:272)o(cid:373)es i(cid:374) a(cid:374)d says, (cid:862)i"(cid:373) (cid:374)ot goi(cid:374)g to (cid:374)egotiate to revise the versailles treaty. I use force, (cid:271)a(cid:271)y! (cid:863) this is (cid:449)here his great po(cid:449)er (cid:272)a(cid:373)e fro(cid:373).
