Essays about: "Diversionary Tactics"

Found 2 essays containing the words Diversionary Tactics.

1. 1. Regime Survival during the Arab Spring: : A Case study of how the Moroccan leader addressed the popular discontent during and after the Arab Spring in 2011

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Luisa El Berr; [2017]
   Keywords : Regime survival; Arab Spring; Morocco; Theory of Policy Substitutability; Diversionary Tactics;

   Abstract : The Arab Spring, the protests that spread through the Arab world, led to very different outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. That some regimes survived during the Arab Spring and some experienced regime-change has been explained through political, economic and social perspectives. READ MORE

3. 2. Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences and the Diversionary Use of Force in The United Kingdom 1971-2000

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ludvig Sundin; [2014]
   Keywords : Diversionary Theory; Inflation; Unemployment; Partisan Macroeconomic Preferences; Scapegoating; Rally ‘Round the Flag Effect; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 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