Commitment and the Escalation of Conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3259005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael P Sullivan (University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-38 |
| Publication date | 1972-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591297202500103 |
| OpenAlex | W2093828596, W4243543077 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The traditional explanation of nation-state action has been in terms of the socalled interest theory, which simply posits that states act when their interest is involved or at stake. Indeed, the vast majority of explanations of state behavior, in ex post facto analyses, take this form?. Quincy Wright, for instance, in the only attempt to date to measure the nebulous concept of national interest, found that one of the factors promoting the escalation of international conflicts was the perception[s] of vital interests by both
Action (physics) · Business · Conflict of interest · De facto · De-escalation · Economics · Epistemology · Escalation of commitment · Law and economics · National interest · Perception · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Wright · Economic Theory and Institutions · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 1996 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |