Lee E Dutter
Biographic Data
| ID | 1070873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lee E Dutter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lee E |
| FAMILY NAME | Dutter |
| SIGNATURE | DUTTER L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behaviours in the USA
Traditionally, a ‘plural’ society has been defined as one that is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Arguably, the US falls within the general purview of this definition and its implications, especially with regard to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic, European Americans. The principal objectives of this study are: with reference to the literature on comparative and intern…
Why Don't Dogs Bark (or Bomb) in the Night? Explaining the Non-Development of Political Violence or Terrorism: The Case of Quebec Separatism
Studies of individuals or groups that use violence or terrorism in the pursuit of political goals typically focus on the specific actions that these individuals or groups have taken, or may take, and on the policies that defenders against such actions adopt in response. Comparatively less attention is devoted to the preconditions that may lead to the contemplation and commitment of such actions and how or why defenders may obviate these actions b…
Assessing the Rationality of Autocrats: The Case of Saddam Hussein
In 1960, Thomas Schelling warned that “... petty dictators may soon have the ability to startle us out of our wits with a nuclear explosion somewhere.” 1 Although nearly a half-century has passed sin
To Martyr or Not to Martyr: Jihad is the Question, What Policy is the Answer
The question of what policies may deter risk-taking actors who willingly commit suicide is not only theoretically challenging, but also of major importance to policymakers. Traditional deterrence theory, which is largely state-oriented, but has also delved into the realm of ordinary criminality, has not been adequately prepared to deal with individual or non-state actors who seem “irrational” because of their high propensity for risk taking and c…
The Seventy-Five Years' War, 1914-1989: Some Observations on the Psychology of American Foreign Policy-Making during the 20th Century
Several developments during the 1980s, especially events in 1989, suggest not only that we have reached the end of an era, but also that the 20th century of international relations may be over. If this proposition is accepted, or at least entertained, then four questions of special pertinence to American foreign policy are immediately relevant: What has guided American foreign-policy-makers during the 20th century? What are the likely characteris…
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behavior in the Soviet Union
A plural society is defined as one which is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Extant theories of politics in plural societies focus primarily on democratic political systems— that is, societies which, during some period of their recent political history, have been characterized by Western-style democratic political and governmental institutions. As a consequence, there has been little effort to formulate and …
Changing Elite Perceptions of the Northern Irish Conflict, 1973-1983
Studies of ethnopolitical activity in so-called plural societies rarely include in-depth interviews with the elites of the communal groups involved or attempts to chart changes in their perceptions over time. This study is based on the author's conversations with 76 Northern Irish political activists during the summer of 1983. It has three major components. First, the most salient changes in Northern Irish politics over the past 20 years are exam…
Contextual Influences on Court Outcomes
Ethno‐political activity and the psychology of terrorism
Studies of terrorist psychology have typically focused either on single individuals or group dynamics within the organizations that these individuals have joined. Less attention has been paid to the background conditions which give rise to these individuals and organizations, even for environments in which generalization appears to be feasible. This paper focuses on one such environment. Its principal goal is to highlight the theoretical connecti…
Constituency variations in aggregate voter behavour across the 1965–1983 German federal elections
An application of the multicandidate calculus of voting to the 1972 and 1976 German federal elections
Perceptions of Group Identity and Recent Political Behavior in Northern Ireland
Societal cleavages based on cultural, ethnic, or tribal divisions are, it can be argued, qualitatively different from those based on other factors (e.g., economic ideology). In this context, can be conceptualized as a set of ascribed and acquired characteristics which derive principally from an individual's birth and upbringing. While physical appearance may be relevant, ethnicity is composed primarily of psychological elements which can not be s…
Rational Choice Models and Aggregate Voter Behaviour in the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
Rational‐choice models of voter behaviour are concerned with two basic questions: what stimulates citizens to vote, and, if a citizen votes, for whom does he/she vote? In this study, aggregate voter behaviour is modelled as a system of equations with three endogenous variables related to these questions. The parameters of this system are estimated with pooled cross‐sectional, time‐series data on the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary elections.…
Spatial Preferences and Voter Choices in the Dutch Electorate
Voters' preferences for political parties and their choices can be modeled as a set of equations with three endogenous variables: (1) the perceived distance between the voter's ideological position and that of a party; (2) the utility that the voter assigns to a party; and (3) behavior—whether or not a voter votes for a given party. Spatial models of party competition imply that (1) the perceived ideological distance between a voter and a party i…
The Structure of Voter Preferences: The 1921, 1925, 1973, and 1975 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
This article applies preference assumptions derived from the axioms of lexicographic utility to four of Northern Ireland's parliamentary elections. The results are compared to those obtained from application of analogous spatial assumptions. The principal findings are that rational-choice-based voting models are relevant to the Northern Irish electorate, and that voters there display patterns of behavior consistent with both lexicographic and spa…
Voter preferences, simple electoral games, and equilibria in two-candidate contests
Explaining Recent Vietnamese Behavior
In the preceding sections, we have argued that, while a number of perspectives are relevant to the recent Vietnamese-Cambodian conflict, independent Vietnamese pursuit of their own long-term goals is probably the most important and provides the key to understanding and to explaining not only Vietnamese actions vis-à-vis Cambodia, but also their behavior in Indochina and Southeast Asia as a whole. Our contention then led to a more specific identif…
Northern Ireland and Theories of Ethnic Politics
This article is an application to Northern Ireland of theoretical ideas about ethnic politics. Four sets of ideas are relevant: (1) the theory developed by Rabushka and Shepsle (1972); (2) "pluralist" theory, developed by a number of scholars; (3) "consociational democracy," developed by Lijphart (1977a, 1975a, 1969); and (4) "mobilization" theory, developed by Wolfinger (1965) and modified by Peleg and Peleg (1977). It is found that, on the whol…
Attitudes of Israeli Youth Toward the Middle East Conflict
This article examines and analyzes the results of a 1976 survey of Israeli high school students. Special attention is given to their views on Middle East conflict issues and overall attitudes toward, beliefs about, and perceptions of that conflict. A number of relationships are found between respondents' conflict attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions and their socio- economic, contextual, and political characteristics. Several comparisons are drawn…
The Netherlands As A Plural Society
The Netherlands As A Plural Society
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behavior in the Soviet Union
A plural society is defined as one which is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Extant theories of politics in plural societies focus primarily on democratic political systems— that is, societies which, during some period of their recent political history, have been characterized by Western-style democratic political and governmental institutions. As a consequence, there has been little effort to formulate and …
Northern Ireland and Theories of Ethnic Politics
This article is an application to Northern Ireland of theoretical ideas about ethnic politics. Four sets of ideas are relevant: (1) the theory developed by Rabushka and Shepsle (1972); (2) "pluralist" theory, developed by a number of scholars; (3) "consociational democracy," developed by Lijphart (1977a, 1975a, 1969); and (4) "mobilization" theory, developed by Wolfinger (1965) and modified by Peleg and Peleg (1977). It is found that, on the whol…
The Structure of Voter Preferences: The 1921, 1925, 1973, and 1975 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
This article applies preference assumptions derived from the axioms of lexicographic utility to four of Northern Ireland's parliamentary elections. The results are compared to those obtained from application of analogous spatial assumptions. The principal findings are that rational-choice-based voting models are relevant to the Northern Irish electorate, and that voters there display patterns of behavior consistent with both lexicographic and spa…
Why Don't Dogs Bark (or Bomb) in the Night? Explaining the Non-Development of Political Violence or Terrorism: The Case of Quebec Separatism
Studies of individuals or groups that use violence or terrorism in the pursuit of political goals typically focus on the specific actions that these individuals or groups have taken, or may take, and on the policies that defenders against such actions adopt in response. Comparatively less attention is devoted to the preconditions that may lead to the contemplation and commitment of such actions and how or why defenders may obviate these actions b…
Contextual Influences on Court Outcomes
Voter preferences, simple electoral games, and equilibria in two-candidate contests
Ethno‐political activity and the psychology of terrorism
Studies of terrorist psychology have typically focused either on single individuals or group dynamics within the organizations that these individuals have joined. Less attention has been paid to the background conditions which give rise to these individuals and organizations, even for environments in which generalization appears to be feasible. This paper focuses on one such environment. Its principal goal is to highlight the theoretical connecti…
Perceptions of Group Identity and Recent Political Behavior in Northern Ireland
Societal cleavages based on cultural, ethnic, or tribal divisions are, it can be argued, qualitatively different from those based on other factors (e.g., economic ideology). In this context, can be conceptualized as a set of ascribed and acquired characteristics which derive principally from an individual's birth and upbringing. While physical appearance may be relevant, ethnicity is composed primarily of psychological elements which can not be s…
Spatial Preferences and Voter Choices in the Dutch Electorate
Voters' preferences for political parties and their choices can be modeled as a set of equations with three endogenous variables: (1) the perceived distance between the voter's ideological position and that of a party; (2) the utility that the voter assigns to a party; and (3) behavior—whether or not a voter votes for a given party. Spatial models of party competition imply that (1) the perceived ideological distance between a voter and a party i…
To Martyr or Not to Martyr: Jihad is the Question, What Policy is the Answer
The question of what policies may deter risk-taking actors who willingly commit suicide is not only theoretically challenging, but also of major importance to policymakers. Traditional deterrence theory, which is largely state-oriented, but has also delved into the realm of ordinary criminality, has not been adequately prepared to deal with individual or non-state actors who seem “irrational” because of their high propensity for risk taking and c…
Changing Elite Perceptions of the Northern Irish Conflict, 1973-1983
Studies of ethnopolitical activity in so-called plural societies rarely include in-depth interviews with the elites of the communal groups involved or attempts to chart changes in their perceptions over time. This study is based on the author's conversations with 76 Northern Irish political activists during the summer of 1983. It has three major components. First, the most salient changes in Northern Irish politics over the past 20 years are exam…
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behaviours in the USA
Traditionally, a ‘plural’ society has been defined as one that is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Arguably, the US falls within the general purview of this definition and its implications, especially with regard to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic, European Americans. The principal objectives of this study are: with reference to the literature on comparative and intern…
The Seventy-Five Years' War, 1914-1989: Some Observations on the Psychology of American Foreign Policy-Making during the 20th Century
Several developments during the 1980s, especially events in 1989, suggest not only that we have reached the end of an era, but also that the 20th century of international relations may be over. If this proposition is accepted, or at least entertained, then four questions of special pertinence to American foreign policy are immediately relevant: What has guided American foreign-policy-makers during the 20th century? What are the likely characteris…
Constituency variations in aggregate voter behavour across the 1965–1983 German federal elections
An application of the multicandidate calculus of voting to the 1972 and 1976 German federal elections
Rational Choice Models and Aggregate Voter Behaviour in the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
Rational‐choice models of voter behaviour are concerned with two basic questions: what stimulates citizens to vote, and, if a citizen votes, for whom does he/she vote? In this study, aggregate voter behaviour is modelled as a system of equations with three endogenous variables related to these questions. The parameters of this system are estimated with pooled cross‐sectional, time‐series data on the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary elections.…
Attitudes of Israeli Youth Toward the Middle East Conflict
This article examines and analyzes the results of a 1976 survey of Israeli high school students. Special attention is given to their views on Middle East conflict issues and overall attitudes toward, beliefs about, and perceptions of that conflict. A number of relationships are found between respondents' conflict attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions and their socio- economic, contextual, and political characteristics. Several comparisons are drawn…
The Netherlands As A Plural Society
Attitudes of Israeli Youth Toward the Middle East Conflict
This article examines and analyzes the results of a 1976 survey of Israeli high school students. Special attention is given to their views on Middle East conflict issues and overall attitudes toward, beliefs about, and perceptions of that conflict. A number of relationships are found between respondents' conflict attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions and their socio- economic, contextual, and political characteristics. Several comparisons are drawn…
Explaining Recent Vietnamese Behavior
In the preceding sections, we have argued that, while a number of perspectives are relevant to the recent Vietnamese-Cambodian conflict, independent Vietnamese pursuit of their own long-term goals is probably the most important and provides the key to understanding and to explaining not only Vietnamese actions vis-à-vis Cambodia, but also their behavior in Indochina and Southeast Asia as a whole. Our contention then led to a more specific identif…
Northern Ireland and Theories of Ethnic Politics
This article is an application to Northern Ireland of theoretical ideas about ethnic politics. Four sets of ideas are relevant: (1) the theory developed by Rabushka and Shepsle (1972); (2) "pluralist" theory, developed by a number of scholars; (3) "consociational democracy," developed by Lijphart (1977a, 1975a, 1969); and (4) "mobilization" theory, developed by Wolfinger (1965) and modified by Peleg and Peleg (1977). It is found that, on the whol…
Voter preferences, simple electoral games, and equilibria in two-candidate contests
The Structure of Voter Preferences: The 1921, 1925, 1973, and 1975 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
This article applies preference assumptions derived from the axioms of lexicographic utility to four of Northern Ireland's parliamentary elections. The results are compared to those obtained from application of analogous spatial assumptions. The principal findings are that rational-choice-based voting models are relevant to the Northern Irish electorate, and that voters there display patterns of behavior consistent with both lexicographic and spa…
An application of the multicandidate calculus of voting to the 1972 and 1976 German federal elections
Perceptions of Group Identity and Recent Political Behavior in Northern Ireland
Societal cleavages based on cultural, ethnic, or tribal divisions are, it can be argued, qualitatively different from those based on other factors (e.g., economic ideology). In this context, can be conceptualized as a set of ascribed and acquired characteristics which derive principally from an individual's birth and upbringing. While physical appearance may be relevant, ethnicity is composed primarily of psychological elements which can not be s…
Rational Choice Models and Aggregate Voter Behaviour in the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary Elections
Rational‐choice models of voter behaviour are concerned with two basic questions: what stimulates citizens to vote, and, if a citizen votes, for whom does he/she vote? In this study, aggregate voter behaviour is modelled as a system of equations with three endogenous variables related to these questions. The parameters of this system are estimated with pooled cross‐sectional, time‐series data on the 1929–69 Northern Irish Parliamentary elections.…
Spatial Preferences and Voter Choices in the Dutch Electorate
Voters' preferences for political parties and their choices can be modeled as a set of equations with three endogenous variables: (1) the perceived distance between the voter's ideological position and that of a party; (2) the utility that the voter assigns to a party; and (3) behavior—whether or not a voter votes for a given party. Spatial models of party competition imply that (1) the perceived ideological distance between a voter and a party i…
Constituency variations in aggregate voter behavour across the 1965–1983 German federal elections
Ethno‐political activity and the psychology of terrorism
Studies of terrorist psychology have typically focused either on single individuals or group dynamics within the organizations that these individuals have joined. Less attention has been paid to the background conditions which give rise to these individuals and organizations, even for environments in which generalization appears to be feasible. This paper focuses on one such environment. Its principal goal is to highlight the theoretical connecti…
Changing Elite Perceptions of the Northern Irish Conflict, 1973-1983
Studies of ethnopolitical activity in so-called plural societies rarely include in-depth interviews with the elites of the communal groups involved or attempts to chart changes in their perceptions over time. This study is based on the author's conversations with 76 Northern Irish political activists during the summer of 1983. It has three major components. First, the most salient changes in Northern Irish politics over the past 20 years are exam…
Contextual Influences on Court Outcomes
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behavior in the Soviet Union
A plural society is defined as one which is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Extant theories of politics in plural societies focus primarily on democratic political systems— that is, societies which, during some period of their recent political history, have been characterized by Western-style democratic political and governmental institutions. As a consequence, there has been little effort to formulate and …
The Seventy-Five Years' War, 1914-1989: Some Observations on the Psychology of American Foreign Policy-Making during the 20th Century
Several developments during the 1980s, especially events in 1989, suggest not only that we have reached the end of an era, but also that the 20th century of international relations may be over. If this proposition is accepted, or at least entertained, then four questions of special pertinence to American foreign policy are immediately relevant: What has guided American foreign-policy-makers during the 20th century? What are the likely characteris…
To Martyr or Not to Martyr: Jihad is the Question, What Policy is the Answer
The question of what policies may deter risk-taking actors who willingly commit suicide is not only theoretically challenging, but also of major importance to policymakers. Traditional deterrence theory, which is largely state-oriented, but has also delved into the realm of ordinary criminality, has not been adequately prepared to deal with individual or non-state actors who seem “irrational” because of their high propensity for risk taking and c…
Assessing the Rationality of Autocrats: The Case of Saddam Hussein
In 1960, Thomas Schelling warned that “... petty dictators may soon have the ability to startle us out of our wits with a nuclear explosion somewhere.” 1 Although nearly a half-century has passed sin
Why Don't Dogs Bark (or Bomb) in the Night? Explaining the Non-Development of Political Violence or Terrorism: The Case of Quebec Separatism
Studies of individuals or groups that use violence or terrorism in the pursuit of political goals typically focus on the specific actions that these individuals or groups have taken, or may take, and on the policies that defenders against such actions adopt in response. Comparatively less attention is devoted to the preconditions that may lead to the contemplation and commitment of such actions and how or why defenders may obviate these actions b…
Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behaviours in the USA
Traditionally, a ‘plural’ society has been defined as one that is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Arguably, the US falls within the general purview of this definition and its implications, especially with regard to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic, European Americans. The principal objectives of this study are: with reference to the literature on comparative and intern…
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