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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784130103321

Autore

Rasler Karen A. <1952->

Titolo

Puzzles of the democratic peace [[electronic resource] ] : theory, geopolitics, and the transformation of world politics / / Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005

ISBN

1-281-36905-5

9786611369057

1-4039-8230-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Evolutionary processes in world politics

Altri autori (Persone)

ThompsonWilliam R

Disciplina

327.1/72

Soggetti

Peace

Democratization

Democracy

International relations

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Ever since the revival of Kant's Perpetual Peace thesis, the linkages 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. Step by step, Thompson and Rasler examine the democratic peace through a series of puzzles concerning arguments at the dyadic, systemic, and individual state levels. Synthesizing a broad range of knowledge and linking islands of theory, Puzzles of the Democratic Peace provides a distinctive look at the state of the field and paths forward.