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Effects of Electoral Accountability on International Conflicts

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18184
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field International relations
Politics
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Yasui Kiyotaka  早稲田大学, 地域・地域間研究機構, その他(招聘研究員) (60756302)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords国際紛争 / 観衆費用 / 世論 / 選挙 / 旗下集結効果 / 政治体制 / Rally Effect / 国連平和維持活動 / 犠牲者敏感性 / Rally ‘Round the Flag / 国内政治と国際政治 / 国際政治 / 選挙サイクル
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project analyzes the impact of domestic public opinion and the electoral cycle on audience costs, the political cost of international crises. Its main findings are summarized in the following three points. First, by explicitly incorporating variations in domestic public opinion into the analytical framework, I provide a theoretical explanation for why democracies, which are expected to exhibit uniform conflict behavior according to standard models of audience costs, actually engage in both hard and soft policy making. Second, I show that the magnitude of audience costs may vary with electoral proximity. Third, I show that audience costs are an important factor for political leaders not only at the outbreak of international conflict but also when withdrawing from it.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は,観衆費用に関する従来のステレオタイプな知見に対し1石を投じるものである。観衆費用のコンセプトは,今ではもともとの国際紛争の分析から通商問題やその他多種多様なイシューにおいて援用されている。しかし,本来の理論が持つ問題点については無自覚なままである。理論の汎用性が高まることは歓迎すべきことであるが,その理論そのものに対する精緻化の必要性を本研究は示している。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018 Other

All Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Presentation] 国連平和維持活動における犠牲者発生と要員撤退2019

    • Author(s)
      淺野塁(共著者)
    • Organizer
      日本国際政治学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Accountable but Irresponsible: Democratic Aversion to Casualties in UN Peacekeeping2018

    • Author(s)
      Asano, Rui, and Kiyotaka Yasui
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/kiyotakayasui

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2025-11-20  

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