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States in crisis: how governments respond to domestic unrest

Oakes, Amy C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1141660456

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Political Science.
The traditional approach to studying diversionary war tends to search for a direct relationship between domestic unrest and the use of force. It is more productive, however, to think of diversionary conflict as being one of several potential policies states can employ in response to domestic unrest, others being reform, repression, and foreign intervention. Thinking in terms of policy alternatives leads us to consider variables that alter the attractiveness for a decision-maker of these four policy options: diversionary conflicts might result as much from the lack of available alternatives as they do from their inherent utility in rallying the public around the regime. This research, therefore, examines the role of state extractive capacity as a variable, which can facilitate or, in some cases, constrain a government’s ability to adopt an alternative policy response. By combining statistical and qualitative research methods, it not only provides a new explanation for classic cases of state responses to domestic unrest, such as the Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands, but it also produces a theoretical framework for understanding government decision-making during domestic crises.
Brian Pollins (Advisor)
285 p.
Diversionary war; Foreign policy decision-making; Domestic unrest

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  • Oakes, A. C. (2006). States in crisis: how governments respond to domestic unrest [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1141660456

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Oakes, Amy. States in crisis: how governments respond to domestic unrest. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1141660456.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Oakes, Amy. "States in crisis: how governments respond to domestic unrest." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1141660456

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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