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LEADERSHIP TURNOVER
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Leadership turnover and foreign policy change: societal interests, domestic institutions, and voting in the United Nations
/ Mattes, Michaela; Leeds, Brett Ashley ; Carroll, Royce
Leeds, Brett Ashley
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This study examines the effect of domestic political change on United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voting. We argue that foreign policy change is most likely when a new leader—one who relies on different societal groups for support than her predecessor—comes to power. We then examine the extent that domestic institutional context—in particular, democracy—shapes this process. We test our hypotheses using a new measure of UNGA voting patterns and new data on changes in leaders' supporting coalitions. We find that change in the societal support base of leaders leads to change in UN voting, especially in nondemocracies. This study lends credence to the perspective that foreign policy, like domestic policy, can vary with the particular interests that leaders represent; it encourages scholars to focus less on leadership change per se and more on changes in the societal groups to which leaders are most accountable. This study also suggests that democratic institutions inspire policy consistency not only in areas governed by treaties and international law, but also in areas of foreign policy that are easier to alter in the short term.
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Domestic Institutions
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Voting
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Domestic Policy
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UNGA
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Foreign Policy Change
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United Nations General Assembly
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International Law
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United Nations
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Leadership Turnover
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Societal Interests
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Political leadership changes and the withdrawal from military coalition operations, 1946–2001
/ Pilster, Ulrich; Böhmelt, Tobias ; Tago, Atsushi
Tago, Atsushi
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Several studies have claimed that changes in the political leadership of a country affect foreign policy decision making. The following paper systematically tests this in the context of states' participation in military coalition operations. By building on previous theoretical models, the authors argue that new leaders may differ from their predecessors in that the former (i) have dissimilar preferences with regard to the involvement in military interventions, (ii) evaluate relevant information differently, and (iii) are less likely to be entrapped in intervention policies. Ultimately, the net effect of these factors should make it more likely that political leadership turnovers are associated with premature withdrawals from ongoing military coalitions. The theory is tested by quantitative analyses of newly collected data on military coalition operations in 1946–2001 and a qualitative case study. The authors find strong and robust support for their argument.
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Military Interventions
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Political Leaders
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Leadership Turnover
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Military Coalitions
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Troop Withdrawal
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