Reputation and International Politics - Couverture souple

Mercer, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801474892 ISBN 13 : 9780801474897

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2010

Synopsis

By approaching an important foreign policy issue from a new angle, Jonathan Mercer comes to a startling, controversial discovery: a nation's reputation is not worth fighting for. He presents the most comprehensive examination to date of what defines a reputation, when it is likely to emerge in international politics, and with what consequences. Mercer examines reputation formation in a series of crises before World War I. He tests competing arguments, one from deterrence theory, the other from social psychology, to see which better predicts and explains how reputations form. Extending his findings to address recent crises such as the Gulf War, he also considers how culture, gender, and nuclear weapons affect reputation. Throughout history, wars have been fought in the name of reputation. Mercer rebuts this politically powerful argument, shows that reputations form differently than we thought, and offers policy advice to decision-makers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Mercer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801474892
• ISBN 13: 9780801474897
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
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• Personne responsable: non disponible