Foreign policy as compensation : why Brexit became a foreign and security policy issue

MARTILL, Benjamin; MESAROVICH, Alexander

doi:10.1093/isq/sqae014

Foreign policy as compensation : why Brexit became a foreign and security policy issue

dc.contributor.author	MARTILL, Benjamin
dc.contributor.author	MESAROVICH, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-19T11:52:06Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-19T11:52:06Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	Published online: 14 March 2024	en
dc.description.abstract	Exogenous reform demands can put leaders in a tight spot where change runs up against structural impediments. Yet, where asymmetries in reform costs occur across domains, leaders can seek to re-frame the impetus of change from one domain to another. Such compensatory behavior is commonplace but is not adequately captured by existing research on linkage politics, forum shopping, or diversionary conflict. This article develops the concept of compensatory foreign policy, whereby leaders use foreign policy change to compensate for unviable economic reforms when they have greater capacity and choice in the former domain. Empirically, we use elite interviews to reconstruct the politics of security policy in the post-Brexit United Kingdom, showing how party leaders focused on foreign policy change when beneficial economic arrangements were precluded. Our argument contributes to recent research on linkage politics by demonstrating the conditions under which leaders seek foreign policy reforms to compensate for economic weakness.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	International studies quarterly, 2024, Vol. 68, No. 2, OnlineFirst	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/isq/sqae014
dc.identifier.issn	0020-8833
dc.identifier.issn	1468-2478
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dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76721
dc.identifier.volume	68	en
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dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en
dc.relation.ispartof	International studies quarterly	en
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dc.rights.license	Attribution 4.0 International	*
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dc.title	Foreign policy as compensation : why Brexit became a foreign and security policy issue	en
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