Contents
Acknowledgments vi
1. Introduction
2. Domestic Opinion, Structural Autonomy, and
Democratic Foreign Security Policy
3. The Domestic Decision-Making Environments of Great Britain, France, and the United States after Two World Wars
4. The Post–World War I Settlement, 1919
5. The Post–World War II Settlement, 1945–1954
6. Structural Autonomy and Democratic Foreign Security Policy: Conclusions and Implications
Bibliography
Index
Norrin M. Ripsman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Concordia University.
"While many have argued that democracies behave differently than authoritarian states in international relations, few have acknowledged that different types of democracies behave differently. In one of the first analyses of the consequences of democratic differences for international behavior, Ripsman examines the peacemaking policies of Britain, France, and the United States after both world wars. He convincingly demonstrates that the degree of structural autonomy of the executive from the public and the legislature has a profound impact on the foreign policies of democratic states and their influence in international negotiations. This theoretically nuanced and historically rich analysis is a significant contribution to the literature and essential reading for all those interested in how domestic political institutions shape the security policies of states." - Jack S. Levy, Rutgers University; "Enormous attention has been paid to the differences between democracies and other regimes. Focusing on one feature of democratic states - their level of autonomy from public opinion in foreign policy - this book will help refine this line of research by shifting our attention to the specific features of these regimes. It is a model of careful case-study research, using original sources in several languages to test a clearly stated theoretical argument." - Benjamin O. Fordham, SUNY-Albany"
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