The Power of Legitimacy: Assessing the Role of Norms in Crisis Bargaining

by Christopher Gelpi (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $33.76

  Presents a challenge to realist theories of crisis bargaining. This book tests the proposition that normative standards of behavior influence state actions in security-related conflicts. It examines the construction of bilateral norms as the settlements of the security-related disputes and the effects these settlements have.