Explaining Japan's Shift to Foreign Policy Activism: Security Challenges and Perverse Political Accountability
In: International Relations and Diplomacy, Band 3, Heft 5
ISSN: 2328-2134
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In: International Relations and Diplomacy, Band 3, Heft 5
ISSN: 2328-2134
In: Korean Journal of International Relations, Band 61, Heft 2, S. 7-44
ISSN: 2713-6868
In: Korean Journal of International Relations, Band 60, Heft 1, S. 99-153
ISSN: 2713-6868
In: Asian journal of comparative politics: AJCP, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 25-45
ISSN: 2057-892X
This article asks the simple question of why East and Southeast Asian rivals have experienced a sharp increase in military activity despite their decisive shift to democracy. To explain this puzzle, I develop a "theory of perverse political accountability" in East and Southeast Asian rivalries. Central to my theory is that perverse political accountability, in which a hawkish leadership adopting a more conflictual policy toward foreign rivals is rewarded by a hard-line constituency or selectorate, makes democratic leaders in rival states highly conflict-prone. In addition, the theory claims that democratic rivals will likely initiate military conflicts against autocratic rivals due to their leaders' hawkish preferences and to perverse political accountability, and that autocratic rivals will likely initiate conflicts against democratic rivals and against each other due to their leaders' hawkish preferences and to the absence of perverse political accountability. The article finds strong empirical evidence for these theoretical arguments. The findings contribute to an enhanced understanding of the causes of increased militarism in East and Southeast Asian rivalries.
In: Korean Journal of International Relations, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 149-179
ISSN: 2713-6868
In: The Korean Journal of International Studies, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 131
In: Journal of east Asian studies, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 53-74
ISSN: 2234-6643
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