@article{171456,
  author = {David Ribar},
  title = {Pressure For War: When Constituents{\textquoteright} Concerns over America{\textquoteright}s Status Drive Presidents{\textquoteright} Foreign Policy},
  abstract = { Do presidents respond to their constituents{\textquoteright} status-driven preferences when making foreign policy decisions? Recent work has explained how the values and beliefs that national leaders hold influence their conflict decision-making but has left un-examined the role of their constituents. Taking the American South and its unique status concerns as a case study, I use data from the Correlates of War Project and the International Crisis Behavior project to examine whether presidents{\textquoteright} use of force decisions are related to their relative dependence on Southern constituents. Using regression methods, permutations, and a variety of other tests including an examination of the southern realignment, I demonstrate repeatedly that presidents are responsive to the demands of their constituents when deciding whether to use military force. },
  journal = {Presidential Studies Quarterly},
  publisher = {Presidential Studies Quarterly},
  language = {eng},
}