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Domestic unrest and the initiation of negotiations / Ghosn, Faten

Ghosn, Faten	Journal Article
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2011.

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The main argument of this article is that we need to incorporate domestic-pressure arguments into conflict management studies and, at the same time, we need to include conflict-management opportunities in the study of domestic-international theory. This study looks at the impact of domestic incentives on a state's decision to negotiate. The primary hypothesis is that domestic turmoil will increase the likelihood that rival states with a history of aggressive interaction shift their foreign policy to a more accommodative one. Testing my argument on strategic rivals between 1945 and 1995, I find that after controlling for the factors of history and level of hostility between the rivals, anti-government unrest actually increases the likelihood of negotiations taking place, while acts threatening the downfall of the regime tend to decrease the chance of witnessing negotiations.

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Conflict Management ; Conflict ; Negotiation ; Linkage Politics ; Domestic Pressure

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Mapuche protest, environmental conflict and social movement lin / Carruthers, David; Rodriguez, Patricia

Carruthers, David	Journal Article
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2009.

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This article chronicles the promise and limitations of social movement networks as mechanisms of political voice in Mapuche Chile. Although protest has largely fallen from favour in post-authoritarian Chile, environmental conflicts have shaken the southern territories of the Mapuche Indians since redemocratisation. State promises of indigenous recognition and state access have clashed headlong with ambitious regional development priorities in hydropower and forestry. To resolve claims of injustice over ancestral land and resource rights, Mapuche leaders have forged sophisticated links with environmental organisations, human rights activists, scholars and other indigenous groups. Linkage politics in Chile presents a vital test of civil society development and Latin American democratic consolidation.

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Mapuche Protest ; Environmental Conflict ; Social Movement - Chile ; Mapuche - Political History ; Linkage Politics

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Taiwan relations act considered from alternative perspectives / Chan, Steve

Chan, Steve	Journal Article
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2010.

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Alliance Politics ; Linkage Politics ; Intra - Governmental Contest ; Two - Level Games ; Interstate Communication

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