Essays about: "Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences"
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1. Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences and the Diversionary Use of Force in The United Kingdom 1971-2000
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the diversionary use of force in the context of The United Kingdom. Building on theory that suggests that diversionary tactics are most likely when domestic turmoil affects the core constituents of the incumbent party, I operationalize domestic turmoil as macroeconomic conditions that disfavor the core constituents of the incumbent party and test its effects on the initiation, or threat of, force towards other countries through logistic regression models and time-series data from The United Kingdom, 1971-2000. READ MORE