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- Title
Explaining Extremity in the Foreign Policies of Parliamentary Democracies.
- Authors
Beasley, Ryan K.; Kaarbo, Juliet
- Abstract
Why do multiparty cabinets in parliamentary democracies produce more extreme foreign policies than single-party cabinets? Our paper argues that particular institutional and psychological dynamics explain this difference. We test this argument using a global events data set incorporating foreign policy behaviors of numerous multiparty and single-party governments. We find that more parties and weak parliaments promote extremity in coalitions, but parliamentary strength has the opposite effect for single-party governments. This study challenges existing expectations about the impact of democratic institutions on foreign policy.
- Subjects
LEGISLATIVE bodies; RADICALISM -- Social aspects; DEMOCRACY; INTERNATIONAL relations research; CABINET system; COALITION governments -- Social aspects; PUBLIC institutions -- Social aspects
- Publication
International Studies Quarterly, 2014, Vol 58, Issue 4, p729
- ISSN
0020-8833
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/isqu.12164