PL SC 014 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nationstates, Scapegoating
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Interactions: the ways in which the choices of two or more actors combine to produce political outcomes: strategic decision making, uncertainty is central, because actors do not know for sure what others will do; they operate based on perceptions of what others will do, consequently, errors are common. Sources of successful cooperation: coordination problems, rather than collective action problems, the number of actors, fewer is better for cooperation, the relative sizes/strengths of actors, presence of a privileged actor helps. Commitment problems: a credible commitment to abide by a deal is a commitment that assures the other side that the state will not threaten force to revise the terms of the deal in the future. (pg 105, a commitment problem arises when a state cannot make such a promise in a credible manner. (pg 105, states have complete information here, different from previous bargaining failure, there are three categories of commitment problems:
