{"product_id":"channels-of-power-9780801476372","title":"Channels of Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His father''s administration, by contrast, carefully funneled statecraft through the United Nations and achieved Council authorization for the U.S.-led Gulf War in 1991. The history of American policy toward Iraq displays considerable variation in the extent to which policies were conducted through the UN and other international organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Channels of Power, Alexander Thompson surveys U.S. policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath. He offers a framework for understanding why powerful states often work through international organizations when conducting coercive policies-and why they sometimes choose instead to work alone or with ad hoc coalitions. The conventional wisdom holds that because\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThompson's books adds to the small but growing body of work addressing why powerful countries would channel foreign policies through IOs. A major strength of \u003ci\u003eChannels of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is that it pays serious attention to theory development, generating falsifiable hypotheses about state behavior and international reaction to activity at the Security Council. \u003ci\u003eChannels of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is very well written and researched and its an important contribution to the literature on international organizations and security policy.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Terrence Chapman * Political Science Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. The Power of International Organizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IOs and Information Transmission\u003cbr\u003e Statecraft and IOs\u003cbr\u003e The United Nations and the Legitimation of Force\u003cbr\u003e Case Selection and Outline\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Coercion, Institutions, and Information\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Politics and Costs of Coercion\u003cbr\u003e Institutions and Information\u003cbr\u003e Coercion through IOs\u003cbr\u003e Two Pathways of Information Transmission\u003cbr\u003e Institutional Variation and the Security Council\u003cbr\u003e Alternative Arguments\u003cbr\u003e Observable Implications and Research Design\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990–1991\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Background and Events\u003cbr\u003e Choosing (How) to Intervene\u003cbr\u003e Signaling Intentions to State Leaders\u003cbr\u003e Transmitting Policy Information to Foreign Publics\u003cbr\u003e Assessing the Role of Legitimacy\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Coercive Disarmament: The Interwar Years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Channeling Power between the Wars\u003cbr\u003e The Postwar Honeymoon\u003cbr\u003e Cracks in the Coalition\u003cbr\u003e The Decline of UN Inspections\u003cbr\u003e Desert Fox and Its Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e The Evolution of U.S. Coercive Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Reviving Inspections: A Divided Council\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. The Second Iraq War: Down the UN Path, 2002–2003\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From September 11 to Iraq\u003cbr\u003e Appealing to the General Assembly\u003cbr\u003e Back to the Council: Resolution 1441\u003cbr\u003e Renewed Inspections\u003cbr\u003e A Second Resolution?\u003cbr\u003e Explaining U.S. Motivations\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. The Second Iraq War: Bypassing the Security Council\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Was It a \"Unilateral\" Policy?\u003cbr\u003e The Costs of Working through the UN\u003cbr\u003e Sensitivity to IO Constraints\u003cbr\u003e Regional Options: Constrained Forum Shopping\u003cbr\u003e International Reactions to Iraq 2003\u003cbr\u003e The International Political Costs of the War\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Conclusion: How the Security Council Matters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Superpower\u003cbr\u003e The Security Council as a Political Institution\u003ci\u003eAppendix: \u003c\/i\u003eSelected Security Council Resolutions\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405153476951,"sku":"9780801476372","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801476372.jpg?v=1730488899","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/channels-of-power-9780801476372","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}