Summary
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Fully revised and reorganized by Anna Getmansky and Alejandro Quiroz Flores to fit the exciting new edition of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's Principles of International Politics, this accompanying workbook continues to feature class-tested, user-friendly exercises that walk students through the building blocks of the strategic method, ensuring that even novice students have the opportunity to develop and hone their problem-solving skills and can successfully apply what they have learned in the text. The fifth edition of Applying the Strategic Perspective: Problems and Models, Workbook introduces students to a wide range of problems so that they master basic principles as well as test their capabilities with more challenging material. Easy for students to use, and with perforated pages for turning in assignments, the workbook also comes with a solutions manual for instructors.
Can Terrorism Be Rational?
Can Terrorism Be Rational?
Exercise 13-1. Modeling Terrorism
Principles discusses a game of terrorism played between any of three types of social groups and either of two types of governments. What we see from the analysis is that although terrorist activity is sometimes carried out by uncompromising individuals who believe in using violence under any circumstances, and who cannot be reasoned with, in other instances it can result from groups of people who would genuinely be willing to talk if the government would let them. However, perceptions are critical to this process and outcome.
Societal Groups
True Believers are committed to violence, even if a government would be willing to talk with them. For them, preferences are Terrorist act > Good-faith negotiations > Being repressed.
Reluctant ...
