Scare tactics : the politics of international rivalry
"In Scare Tactics: The Politics of International Rivalry, Michael P. Colaresi explains how both domestic institutions and interstate interactions converge to create incentives for either war or peace. Specifically, domestic pressure to continue a rivalry and resist capitulating to the "enemy" can be exacerbated when elites benefit from fear-mongering, a process Colaresi refers to as "rivalry outbidding," When rivalry outbidding becomes fused with pressure to change the status quo, even a risky escalation may be preferable to cooperation or rivalry maintenance. The eventual outcomes of these dynamic two-level pressures, if unchecked, are increased conflict, destruction, and death
Print Book, English, 2005
1st ed
Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 2005