Readings for Week 8

Domestic Politics

1. Optimal Imperfection? Domestic Uncertainty and Institutions in International Relations: George W. Downs and David M. Rocke
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995

2. Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games: Robert D. Putnam
International Organization, Vol. 42, No. 3. (Summer, 1988), pp. 427-460.

3. Signaling Foreign Policy Interests: Trying Hands versus Sinking Costs: James D. Fearon
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 41, No. 1. (February, 1997), pp. 68-90.

4. Domestic Opposition and Signaling in International Crises: Kenneth A. Schultz
American Political Science Review, Vol. 92, No. 4. (December, 1998), pp. 829-844.

5. Guns, Butter, and Anarchy: Robert Powell
American Political Science Review, Vol. 87, No. 1. (March, 1993), pp. 115-132. (Also Chapter 2 in the book.)

6. An Institutional Explanation of the Democratic Peace: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Randolph M. Siverson, and Alastair Smith
American Political Science Review, Vol. 93, No. 4. (December, 1999), pp. 791-807.

7. International Bargaining with Two-Sided Domestic Constraints: Ahmer S. Tarar
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 45, No. 3. (June, 2001), pp. 320-340.

8. Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Theories of International Relations: James D. Fearon
Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 1. (1998), pp. 289-313.