INR 2002 Chapter 4: INR2002 Chapter 4

• School: FSU
• Department: International Affairs
• Course: INR 2002
• Professor: Different Professorforeach Unit

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Inr2002 chapter 4: domestic politics and war notes. General interest: something that most, if not all, actors within the country share: ex. National interest: interests that are so widely shared that they can be attributed to the state as a whole: ex. Particularistic/narrow interest: interests held only by a relatively small number of actors within a country: e(cid:454). : a parti(cid:272)ular (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess, a(cid:374) eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:373)i(cid:374)orit(cid:455), i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) go(cid:448)"t. Within each country, domesti(cid:272) i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s help deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho ru(cid:374)s the go(cid:448)"t, ho(cid:449) de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s are (cid:373)ade, a(cid:374)d how disputes are resolved: domestic institutions also determine how much power an individual leader has to make decisions. By shaping how leaders obtain power and make decisions, do(cid:373)esti(cid:272) i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)e (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a(cid:272)tors" interests are taken into account: some domestic actors may also have strategic advantages that magnify their influence. To the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t that a group"s politi(cid:272)al i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) of its (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers to cooperate, this strategic problem favors the few over the many.