Nested Games of External Democracy Promotion The United States and the Polish Liberalization 1980-1989 /

• Main Author: Thiel, Rainer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
• Subjects: Political science.; International relations.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; International Relations.

Nested Games of External Democracy Promotion develops a game theoretic model that explains how an external actor influences the strategic interaction between an authoritarian regime and a democratic opposition. In a multiple arena approach, the confrontation between regime and opposition on the dome...

Table of Contents:

• Regime Transitions and External Democracy Promotion
• The International Dimension of Regime Change
• Strategic Transitions
• Nested Games of External Influence on Strategic Regime Transition
• Methodology
• U.S. Democracy Assistance in the Polish Liberalization Process, 1980-1989
• Correspondence between Theory and Facts
• Conclusion.