War is costly for states, but what if there are actors within the state—such as politicians, businesses, or the military—who see war as beneficial and who expect to pay few or none of its costs? Do states fight wars to satisfy influential domestic interests?

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Organize

1. Follow this Study Plan to access your chapter assignments.
2. Print out the Chapter Outline and bring it to the lecture to help structure your note taking and check off topics covered in class.
3. Take the Chapter Quiz and mail the results to your instructor’s gradebook. You can take these quizzes as often as you like.

Learn

1. Read Chapter 4 in your textbook or ebook.
2. Read the Chapter Review of Chapter 4. Note any material you have difficulty remembering from the text.
3. Master the key terms for this chapter by working through the deck of Flashcards.
4. Answer the Critical Thinking Questions for Chapter 4 and submit your answers to your instructor’s gradebook.
5. Read the Analytical Framework Review box for Chapter 4 to help you review coverage of interests, interactions, and institutions in the chapter.

Connect

1. Read and respond to the Contemporary Applications questions and submit your answers to your instructor’s gradebook.
2. Access this chapter's World Politics Simulations to test your knowledge of the key concepts and theories from the chapter in a real-world, applied context.
3. Read and respond to the Ethics Controversies exercises and submit your answers to your instructor’s gradebook.
4. Read the latest news and events in world politics in the World Politics News feeds.

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