Democratic Politics of Military Interventions - Political Parties, Contestation, and Decisions to Use Force Abroad

This book examines the impact of party politics in foreign and security policy.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction and Plan of the Book


• 2: Democratic Politics and Foreign Affairs. A Theoretical Framework


• 3: Contestation and Politicization of Security and Defence Policy


• 4: The Party Politics of Foreign and Security Policy


• 5: Debating Military Interventions: Party-Specific Arguments and Justifications


• 6: Conclusions and Outlook

About the author

Wolfgang Wagner is Professor of International Security in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published a number of articles in leading journals including West European Politics.

Summary

This book examines the impact of party politics in foreign and security policy.

Additional text

Explores discernable patterns of political parties in foreign, security, and defense policy, highlighting the curvilinear relationship between the Left/Right dimension and foreign policy positions in the party politics of foreign affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Wagner, Wolfgang (Professor of International Secur Wagner, Wolfgang (Professor of International Security Wagner, Wagner Wolfgang
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780198846796
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884679-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory