Threats and Promises: Bruce Robertson Co-ordinator for the Foundation Degree

Co-ordinator for the Foundation Degree in Teaching and Learning Support and Primary Senior Lecturer in Education

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Threats and Promises: Bruce Robertson Co-ordinator for the Foundation DegreeDavis offers an analytic treatment of promises and assurances, drawing on relevant strands of international relations theory and deterrence theory, as well as cognitive and social psychology. Building on prospect theory (from cognitive psychology), he develops a testable theory of influence that suggests promises are most effective when potential aggressors are motivated by a desire to avoid loss. Davis then considers a series of case studies drawn