Silent Coup of the Guardians: The Influence of US Military Elites on National Security, Todd Andrew Schmidt

Автор: Downes Alexander B.
Название: Catastrophic Success: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong
ISBN: 1501761145 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501761140
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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In Catastrophic Success, Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change increases the likelihood of civil war and violent leader removal in target states and fails to reduce the probability of conflict between intervening states and their targets. As Downes demonstrates, when a state confronts an obstinate or dangerous adversary, the lure of toppling its government and establishing a friendly administration is strong. The historical record, however, shows that foreign-imposed regime change is, in the long term, neither cheap, easy, nor consistently successful. The strategic impulse to forcibly oust antagonistic or non-compliant regimes overlooks two key facts. First, the act of overthrowing a foreign government sometimes causes its military to disintegrate, sending thousands of armed men into the countryside where they often wage an insurgency against the intervener. Second, externally-imposed leaders face a domestic audience in addition to an external one, and the two typically want different things. These divergent preferences place imposed leaders in a quandary: taking actions that please one invariably alienates the other. Regime change thus drives a wedge between external patrons and their domestic prot?g?s or between prot?g?s and their people. Catastrophic Success provides sober counsel for leaders and diplomats. Regime change may appear an expeditious solution, but states are usually better off relying on other tools of influence, such as diplomacy. Regime change, Downes urges, should be reserved for exceptional cases. Interveners must recognize that, absent a rare set of promising preconditions, regime change often instigates a new period of uncertainty and conflict that impedes their interests from being realized.

Автор: Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press
Название: The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution: Power Politics in the Atomic Age
ISBN: 1501749293 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501749292
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Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their arms races, scale back their alliances, and stop jockeying for strategic territory. But rarely have theory and practice been so opposed. Why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying?

In The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution, Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons. They explain why the Cold War superpowers raced so feverishly against each other; why the creation of mutual assured destruction does not ensure peace; and why the rapid technological changes of the 21st century will weaken deterrence in critical hotspots around the world.

By explaining how the nuclear revolution falls short, Lieber and Press discover answers to the most pressing questions about deterrence in the coming decades: how much capability is required for a reliable nuclear deterrent, how conventional conflicts may become nuclear wars, and how great care is required now to prevent new technology from ushering in an age of nuclear instability.

--General Bob Kehler, USAF (ret)--former commander, U.S. Strategic Command

Автор: Smyrl
Название: Elites, Ideas, and the Evolution of Public Policy
ISBN: 023060594X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230605947
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Описание: Seen from the outside, the world of politics and policy-making seems to be in constant flux. Combining theoretical analysis with primary research, this book brings the light to the neglected problem of why individuals with a vested interest in different policies nevertheless promote reform.

Автор: Rhodes
Название: Observing Government Elites
ISBN: 0230008402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230008403
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Описание: This book focuses on the everyday life of ministers and senior public servants in different countries, describing the world through their eyes. It explores how their beliefs, practices and traditions create meaning in politics and public policy making. It provides unique data on life of politicians and practical advice on how to conduct fieldwork.

Автор: Kleibrink
Название: Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans
ISBN: 1137495715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137495716
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Описание: Across the globe, more powers are being devolved to local and regional levels of government. This book provides an innovative analysis of such decentralisation in transition states in the Balkans. Using new and rich data, it shows how political elites use decentralisation strategically to ensure their access to state resources.

Автор: Dahlstr?m
Название: Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government
ISBN: 1137556277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137556271
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Описание: To a large extent, elite politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen hold the fortunes of their societies in their hands. This edited volume describes how formal and informal institutions affect elite behaviour, which in turn affects corruption and the quality of government.

Автор: Axelrod Robert
Название: Structure of Decision: The Cognitive Maps of Political Elites
ISBN: 0691616981 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691616988
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: This book outlines a new approach to the analysis of decision making based on "cognitive maps." A cognitive map is a graphic representation intended to capture the structure of a decision maker`s stated beliefs about a particular problem. Following introductory chapters that develop the theory and techniques of cognitive mapping, a set of five empi

Автор: Zang Xiaowei, Kou Chien-Wen
Название: Elites and Governance in China
ISBN: 1138657980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138657984
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the top leadership, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of shared governance and broadened political participation in China.

Автор: Good Kenneth
Название: Trust in the Capacities of the People, Distrust in Elites
ISBN: 1498502458 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498502450
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Описание: Democratization is conceived as an unending struggle by the poor majority against the small elite of wealth, status, and power. This book is a critical, comparative, and global approach to the study of democratization and the participants who bring the processes and actual struggles alive.

Автор: Heinrich Best; John Higley; Maurizio Cotta; Jean-P
Название: The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites
ISBN: 1137519037 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137519030
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Описание: Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites. Heinrich Best and John Higley

Chapter 1: Introduction to Section I: The Development of Elite Theory. Jan Pakulski

Автор: H. Best; J. Higley
Название: Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis
ISBN: 1137345748 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137345745
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Описание: Beliefs held by US and European elites about unregulated markets and a currency union without fiscal union led to a transatlantic crisis unmatched in severity since the Great Depression. Leading scholars of elites analyze how elites have responded to the crisis, are altered by it and what this `hour of elites` means for democracy.

Автор: Mino Vianello; G. Moore
Название: Gendering Elites
ISBN: 0333776976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333776971
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Описание: This study identifies the mechanisms through which women can reach positions of power in public life. The study highlights the processes which may contribute new impulse to the vitality of the industrialized countries, introducing models characterized by flexibility and creativity both in enterprises and politics.