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Mercer, Jonathan

 
9780801430558: Reputation and International Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
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ISBN 10: 0801430550 ISBN 13: 9780801430558
Editorial: Cornell University Press, 1996

Sinopsis

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.

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

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This book is more about words than about weapons. It is about how the keenest minds in the world made formal an argument to support conflict today in order to avoid conflict tomorrow. Mercer examines reputation formation in a series of crises before World War 1. He tests competing arguments, one from deterrence theory, the other from social psychology, to see which better predicts and explains how reputations form.

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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. He extends his findings to address contemporary crises such as the Gulf War, and 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.

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Editorial
Cornell University Press
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801430550
ISBN 13 
9780801430558
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
248
Contacto del fabricante
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