{"product_id":"9780804781732","title":"Asian Rivalries: Conflict, Escalation, and Limitations on Two-level Games","description":"The most typical treatment of international relations is to conceive it as a battle between two antagonistic states volleying back and forth. In reality, interstate relations are often at least two-level games in which decision-makers operate not only in an international environment but also in a \u003ci\u003ecompetitive domestic\u003c\/i\u003e context.  Given that interstate rivalries are responsible for a disproportionate share of discord in world politics, this book sets out to explain just how these two-level rivalries really work. By reference to specific cases, specialists on Asian rivalries examine three related questions: what is the mix of internal (domestic politics) and external (interstate politics) stimuli in the dynamics of their rivalries; in what types of circumstances do domestic politics become the predominant influence on rivalry dynamics; when domestic politics become predominant, is their effect more likely to lead to the escalation or de-escalation of rivalry hostility? By pulling together the threads laid out by each contributor, the editors create a 'grounded theory' for interstate rivalries that breaks new ground in international relations theory.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128868618480,"sku":"9780804781732","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804781732_p0.jpg?v=1763729794","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804781732","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}