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The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a "competitive domestic" context. Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work. By reference to specific cases, specialists on Asian rivalries examine three related questions: what is the mix of internal (domestic politics) and external (interstate politics) stimuli in the dynamics of their rivalries; in what types of circumstances do domestic politics become the predominant influence on rivalry dynamics; when domestic politics become predominant, is their effect more likely to lead to the escalation or de-escalation of rivalry hostility? By pulling together the threads laid out by each contributor, the editors create a 'grounded theory' for interstate rivalries that breaks new ground in international relations theory.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government International relations

• Full title: Asian Rivalries
• Subtitle: Conflict, Escalation, and Limitations on Two-level Games
• Author: Sumit Ganguly, William R. Thompson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780804775953
• ISBN: 0804775958
• ID: 04719116
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Weight: 476 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. August 2011

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