The Dynamics of Domestic Politics and Arms Control

The SALT II Treaty Ratification Debate

• Author(s): Dan Caldwell,
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Pages: 234
• ISBN_10: 087249747X
  ISBN_13: 9780872497474
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / International Relations / Arms Control , Political Science / International Relations / General ,

Description:... This consideration of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) ratification debate focuses on the role that domestic political factors - including public opinion, the executive branch of the government, Congress, and special interest groups - play in the ratification of arms control treaties, calling attention to the importance of these factors in the treaty ratification process.