Optimal Imperfection?: Domestic Uncertainty and Institutions in International Relations

by George Downs and David M. Rocke

Book Overview

"Domestic politics matters" has become a rallying cry for international relations scholars over the past decade, yet the question still remains: Just how does it matter? In this book, George Downs and David Rocke argue that an important part of the international impact of domestic politics springs from the institutional responses to its many uncertainties. This impact is due not so much to the errors in judgment these uncertainties can cause as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691016259
• ISBN13: 9780691016252
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"