{"product_id":"proxy-wars-suppressing-violence-through-local-agents-paperback-softback-9781501733062","title":"Proxy Wars; Suppressing Violence Through Local Agents (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501733062","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProxy Wars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSuppressing Violence Through Local Agents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEli Berman (Edited by), David A. Lake (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501733062\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e354 pages, 25 charts - 25 Charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e[German language review]\u003c\/p\u003e (NY TID)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most common image of world politics involves states negotiating, cooperating, or sometimes fighting with one another; billiard balls in motion on a global pool table. \u003c\/b\u003eYet working through local proxies or agents, through what Eli Berman and David A. Lake call a strategy of \"indirect control,\" has always been a central tool of foreign policy. Understanding how countries motivate local allies to act in sometimes costly ways, and when and how that strategy succeeds, is essential to effective foreign policy in today's world. In this splendid collection, Berman and Lake apply a variant of principal-agent theory in which the alignment of interests or objectives between a powerful state and a local proxy is central. Through analysis of nine detailed cases, \u003ci\u003eProxy Wars\u003c\/i\u003e finds that: when principals use rewards and punishments tailored to the agent's domestic politics, proxies typically comply with their wishes; when the threat to the principal or the costs to the agent increase, the principal responds with higher-powered incentives and the proxy responds with greater effort; if interests diverge too much, the principal must either take direct action or admit that indirect control is unworkable. Covering events from Denmark under the Nazis to the Korean War to contemporary Afghanistan, and much in between, the chapters in \u003ci\u003eProxy Wars \u003c\/i\u003eengage many disciplines and will suit classes taught in political science, economics, international relations, security studies, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Principals, Agents, and Indirect Foreign Policies\u003cbr\u003e 1. South Korea, 1950–53: Exogenous Realignment of Preferences\u003cbr\u003e 2. Denmark, 1940–45: Armed Resistance and Agency Slippage in Germany's Model Protectorate\u003cbr\u003e 3. Colombia, 1990–2010: Cooperation in the War on Drugs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lebanon and Gaza, 1975–2017: Israel's Extremes of Interest Alignment\u003cbr\u003e 5. El Salvador, 1979–92: Revisiting Success\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pakistan, 2001–11: Washington's Small Stick\u003cbr\u003e 7. Not Dark Yet: The Israel-PA Principal-Agent Relationship, 1993–2017\u003cbr\u003e 8. Yemen, 2001–11: Building on Unstable Ground\u003cbr\u003e 9. Iraq, 2003–2011: Principal Failure\u003cbr\u003e 10. Policy Implications for the United States\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523091951896,"sku":"9781501733062","price":20.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/proxy-wars-suppressing-violence-through-local-agents-paperback-softback-9781501733062","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}