Puzzles of the democratic peace : theory, geopolitics, and the transformation of world politics
Ever since the revival of Kant's Perpetual Peace thesis, the linkage between democracy and peace has been a central topic in international relations research, with sustained debate over whether it exists and if it does, why it does. In this stimulating volume, two leading IR scholars place the democratic peace debate within a broader context, including the extent of threats in international relations, degree of satisfaction with the status quo, the diffusion of democracy, and the rise of the trading state
1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrations
9781403982308, 9781403968234, 9781403968241, 1403982309, 1403968233, 1403968241
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pt. 1. Introduction
1. Developing perspective on democratic peace phenomena
pt. 2. Contexts in which democracies emerge : chickens or eggs?
2. External threat, domestic power concentration, and disputatious foreign policies
3. Questions of regional primacy
pt. 3. The relative strength of regime types in coercive contexts
4. Path-dependencies and foreign policy
5. Do rivalries trump regime type?
6. Do the gods of war really favor democracies?
pt. 4. The systemic context in which democracies compete
7. Do democratic-autocratic rivalries muddy the monadic waters?
8. Long-term structural change and regime type
9. Democratic alliance joining or changing system leader containment strategies?
pt. 5. Conclusion
10. History and selective transformations of world politics
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