PSC 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Groupthink
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Domestic politics approach to ir: three images of international relations (levels) (ken waltz 1959) At the character and properties of the states themselves. At the environment in which states operate: waltz and neolibs say we should look at the system level, more scholars are looking within states. We always assume states are rational but they"re not. Why black boxes don"t always behave the same way i. ii. iii. i. ii. Russet: predictor of governing party"s electoral fortunes is the disposable income of the public preceding the election i. Timing of disputes related to econ and election cycle (unit-level analysis) Foreign econ policies depend on rivalries between domestic grps i.
