Selective Solidarity Between Democracies: Racial and Religious Identities Constrain Public Support for Foreign Democracies in Conflict

• In Event: New Frontiers in Race in International Relations

Brief Overview

We examine public support for one side or another in a conflict, testing for a democratic bonus to liberal states. We the public favors democracies but the race and religion of belligerents can nullify and even overpower this favoritism

Authors

• Rikio John Inouye, Princeton University

• Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College