Heinrich, T, Kobayashi, Y and Long, L (2018) Voters Get What They Want (When They Pay Attention): Human Rights, Policy Benefits, and Foreign Aid. International Studies Quarterly, 62 (1). pp. 195-207. ISSN 0020-8833
Abstract
How do the human rights practices abroad affect decisions about the allocation of foreign aid? This article provides a new approach to this long-standing question. We bring donor government, donor citizens, and recipients’ attributes together in a single analytical framework. We argue that donor citizens are more self-serving than previously assumed; they do not wholeheartedly support their government punishing human rights abusers when those states provide important policy benefits. When donor governments believe that their citizens will hold them accountable for their policy choices, they make foreign aid decisions that mirror citizens’ self-serving policy preferences. Thus, they avoid punishing repressive regimes that are the sources of valuable benefits. Our experimental and observational results provide support for our claims. Overall, our findings suggest that aid donors selectively punish human rights violators with aid cuts, but their variegated treatment of human rights violators largely stems from the self-serving policy preferences of their voters.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article published in International Studies Quarterly following peer review. The version of record: Tobias Heinrich, Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Leah Long; Voters Get What They Want (When They Pay Attention): Human Rights, Policy Benefits, and Foreign Aid, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, 1 March 2018, Pages 195–207, https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqx081 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqx081 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2018 16:24 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/isq/sqx081 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126204 |