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" Leaders, Audiences, and the Use of Force "
Merrell, Brandon Cole
Lake, David ASlantchev, Branislav L
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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899044
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TL6rc4h16b
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Tatlock, Zachary Lee
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Leaders, Audiences, and the Use of Force\ Merrell, Brandon ColeLake, David ASlantchev, Branislav L
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2019
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2019
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I examine three strategic tradeoffs between political accountability and violence. First, I argue that leaders who are accountable to their citizens may face domestic pressure to participate in risky and costly wars. Second, I show how countries can benefit from concealing their development of new military technology, whereas war can result when such efforts become publicly known. Finally, I demonstrate that citizens in fragile and under-institutionalized societies can deter their governments from engaging in abusive behavior, but these constraints on sovereign authority may come at the risk of domestic violence or instability. I support the findings with a combination of analytic theory, quantitative data, and qualitative case studies.
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Merrell, Brandon Cole
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UC San Diego
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