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Why do states often refuse to yield to military threats from a more powerful actor, such as the United States?. Why do they frequently prefer war to compliance?. International Relations scholars generally employ the rational choice logic of consequences or the constructivist logic of appropriateness to explain this puzzling behavior.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198794347

ISBN-139780198794349

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Number of Pages400 Pages, 380 Pages

Publication NameEmotional Choices : How the Logic of Affect Shapes Coercive Diplomacy

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory & Theory, International Relations / General, General, Emotions

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Psychology

AuthorRobin Markwica

FormatHardcover

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Reviews"Restoring emotions to the central place that they deserve, Robin Markwica deploys mastery of the literature in both psychology and international politics to enrich our understanding of the way states react to coercion. His analyses of Nikita Khrushchev's behavior in the Cuban missile crisis and Saddam Hussein in the Gulf conflict use original sources and make original arguments, showing the value of his path-breaking approach." - Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University "Robin Markwica develops an impressive emotion-based action model for understanding foreign policy and responses to coercive diplomacy. He applies it convincingly, and with great skill, to two critical confrontations: the Cuban missile crisis and the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. This is a must read for scholars and policymakers alike, as both consistently err in ignoring how anger, concern for self-esteem, and fear of being seen as weak affect the responses of leaders under threat." - Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus, Dartmouth College "Although almost all academics endorse the need for truly interdisciplinary research, few have the ability to execute it well. Robin Markwica's new book reveals that he is one of the rare scholars who has this talent. Bringing a breath of fresh air into international relations theory, he cleverly integrates the latest science on emotion and decision-making. Moving well beyond simple predictions about positive versus negative emotion, Markwica draws on the Appraisal-Tendency Framework to link specific emotions to specific decision processes of great significance. Anyone interested in understanding how micro processes (e.g., mind, brain) scale up to global political events will want to read this book." - Jennifer S. Lerner, Professor of Public Policy and Psychology, Harvard University "The heart not only has its reasons, it has a logic that can help policy-makers engaged in coercive diplomacy. Robin Markwica exploits new research on emotion to create an original argument about emotional choices that he then examines in two fascinating case studies. An ambitious, important, and provocative book." - Jonathan Mercer, Professor of International Relations, University of Washington "Many scholars accept that fear, anger, and humiliation may influence decision-makers, especially in crisis situations. The problem is how to address emotions in a coherent way. Robin Markwica's book significantly advances this program. Building on an encyclopedic knowledge of a wide variety of literatures on emotion, Markwica's research aims to integrate a logic of affect with the rational choice logic of consequences and the constructivist logic of appropriateness. Empirically, Markwica illustrates how his approach can broaden our understanding of variation in outcomes in important cases of coercive diplomacy. One of Markwica's most important contributions is his highly original methodological strategy for inferring emotions from external representations. Markwica's research will be of interest to a wide variety of international relations scholars, emotion researchers, and historians." - Roger Petersen, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, MIT "Robin Markwica provides an important corrective to formal theories of crisis bargaining that build on rational choice. He makes a compelling argument about the role that emotion plays in decision-making and draws important implications for strategy. An important book in our troubled world." - Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto, "Robin Markwica provides an important corrective to formal theories of crisis bargaining that build on rational choice. He makes a compelling argument about the role that emotion plays in decision-making and draws important implications for strategy. An important book in our troubled world." - Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto "Many scholars accept that fear, anger, and humiliation may influence decision-makers, especially in crisis situations. The problem is how to address emotions in a coherent way. Robin Markwica's book significantly advances this program. Building on an encyclopedic knowledge of a wide variety of literatures on emotion, Markwica's research aims to integrate a "logic of affect" with the rational choice "logic of consequences" and the constructivist "logic of appropriateness." Empirically, Markwica illustrates how his approach can broaden our understanding of variation in outcomes in important cases of coercive diplomacy. One of Markwica's most important contributions is his highly original methodological strategy for inferring emotions from external representations. Markwica's research will be of interest to a wide variety of international relations scholars, emotion researchers, and historians." - Roger Petersen, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, MIT "The heart not only has its reasons, it has a logic that can help policy-makers engaged in coercive diplomacy. Robin Markwica exploits new research on emotion to create an original argument about emotional choices that he then examines in two fascinating case studies. An ambitious, important, and provocative book." - Jonathan Mercer, Professor of International Relations, University of Washington "Although almost all academics endorse the need for truly interdisciplinary research, few have the ability to execute it well. Robin Markwica's new book reveals that he is one of the rare scholars who has this talent. Bringing a breath of fresh air into international relations theory, he cleverly integrates the latest science on emotion and decision-making. Moving well beyond simple predictions about positive versus negative emotion, Markwica draws on the Appraisal-Tendency Framework to link specific emotions to specific decision processes of great significance. Anyone interested in understanding how micro processes (e.g., mind, brain) scale up to global political events will want to read this book." - Jennifer S. Lerner, Professor of Public Policy and Psychology, Harvard University "Restoring emotions to the central place that they deserve, Robin Markwica deploys mastery of the literature in both psychology and international politics to enrich our understanding of the way states react to coercion. His analyses of Nikita Khrushchev's behavior in the Cuban missile crisis and Saddam Hussein in the Gulf conflict use original sources and make original arguments, showing the value of his path-breaking approach." - Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University "Robin Markwica develops an impressive emotion-based action model for understanding foreign policy and responses to coercive diplomacy. He applies it convincingly, and with great skill, to two critical confrontations: the Cuban missile crisis, and the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. This is a must read for scholars and policymakers alike, as both consistently err in ignoring how anger, concern for self-esteem, and fear of being seen as weak affect the responses of leaders under threat." - Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus, Dartmouth College, "Robin Markwica develops an impressive emotion-based action model for understanding foreign policy and responses to coercive diplomacy. He applies it convincingly, and with great skill, to two critical confrontations: the Cuban missile crisis, and the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. This is a must read for scholars and policymakers alike, as both consistently err in ignoring how anger, concern for self-esteem, and fear of being seen as weak affect the responses of leaders under threat." Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, and James O. Freedman Presidential Professor Emeritus, Dartmouth College

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal327.1/17

Table Of Content1. Introduction2. The Logic of Affect3. Inferring Actors' Emotions4. The Cuban Missile Crisis, 19625. The Gulf Conflict, 1990-916. Conclusion

SynopsisThis book examines coercive diplomacy and presents a theory of 'emotional choice' to analyse how affect enters into decision-making., Why do states often refuse to yield to military threats from a more powerful actor, such as the United States? Why do they frequently prefer war to compliance? International Relations scholars generally employ the rational choice logic of consequences or the constructivist logic of appropriateness to explain this puzzling behavior. Max Weber, however, suggested a third logic of choice in his magnum opus Economy and Society: human decision making can also be motivated by emotions. Drawing on Weber and more recent scholarship in sociology and psychology, Robin Markwica introduces the logic of affect, or emotional choice theory, into the field of International Relations. The logic of affect posits that actors' behavior is shaped by the dynamic interplay among their norms, identities, and five key emotions: fear, anger, hope, pride, and humiliation. Markwica puts forward a series of propositions that specify the affective conditions under which leaders are likely to accept or reject a coercer's demands. To infer emotions and to examine their influence on decision making, he develops a methodological strategy combining sentiment analysis and an interpretive form of process tracing. He then applies the logic of affect to Nikita Khrushchev's behavior during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 and Saddam Hussein's decision making in the Gulf conflict in 1990-1 offering a novel explanation for why U.S. coercive diplomacy succeeded in one case but not in the other., In coercive diplomacy, states threaten military action to persuade opponents to change their behaviour. The goal is to achieve a target's compliance without incurring the cost in blood and treasure of military intervention. Coercers typically employ this strategy toward weaker actors, but targets often refuse to submit and the parties enter into war. To explain these puzzling failures of coercive diplomacy, existing accounts generally refer to coercers' perceived lack of resolve or targets' social norms and identities. What these approaches either neglect or do not examine systematically is the role that emotions play in these encounters. This book contends that target leaders' affective experience can shape their decision-making in significant ways. Drawing on research in psychology and sociology, the study introduces an additional, emotion-based action model besides the traditional logics of consequences and appropriateness. This logic of affect, or emotional choice theory, posits that target leaders' choice behaviour is influenced by the dynamic interplay between their norms, identities, and five key emotions, namely fear, anger, hope, pride, and humiliation. The core of the action model consists of a series of propositions that specify the emotional conditions under which target leaders are likely to accept or reject a coercer's demands. The book applies the logic of affect to Nikita Khrushchev's decision-making during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 and Saddam Hussein's choice behaviour in the Gulf conflict in 1990-91, offering a novel explanation for why coercive diplomacy succeeded in one case but not in the other.

LC Classification NumberBF531