How does the selectorate theory explain resource allocations by large- and small-W leaders at the start of a war, during a war, and after a war?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The selectorate theory predicts that at the start of a war large-W coalitions will allocate more or the same amount of resources to the war effort as small-W coalitions. If a war becomes prolonged, large-W coalitions are expected to reassess their needs and allocate additional resources to make an extra effort to win. Small-W coalitions, however, are not expected to “reload their wagons more than twice,” and they cut their losses and withdraw if the war turns out to be more challenging than they had anticipated. In the postwar period small-W coalitions are expected to return fast to the prewar spending levels after they have extracted the resources they needed. Large-W coalitions will keep spending more money than they spent before war because they have to keep troops in the opponent’s territory to enforce policy concessions, which are easier to renege on than are resource concessions.
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