Grasping the Democratic Peace : Principles for a Post-Cold War World.
By illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, Bruce Russett explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it comprises have almost never fought each other.
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Antholis, William. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1993. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface (1995)
- Acknowledgments
- Ch. 1. The Fact of Democratic Peace
- The Emergence of Democratic Peace before World War I
- The Spread of Democratic Peace
- Democracy, War, and Other Ambiguous Terms
- Some Alleged Wars between Democracies
- Ch. 2. Why Democratic Peace?
- Alternative Explanations
- Democratic Norms and Culture?
- Structural and Institutional Constraints?
- Distinguishing the Explanations
- Ch. 3. The Imperfect Democratic Peace of Ancient Greece
- Democracy, Autonomy, and War in Ancient Greece
- Who Fought Whom?
- When and Why Did Democracies Fight Each Other?
- Norms and Perceptions
- Appendix: Greek City-States in the Peloponnesian War: Their Domestic Regimes and Who They Fought
- Ch. 4. The Democratic Peace since World War II
- Who and When
- What Influences Conflict?
- Democracy Matters
- Norms and Institutional Constraints
- Appendix: States and Their Political Regimes, 1946-1986
- Ch. 5. The Democratic Peace in Nonindustrial Societies
- Warfare and Participation
- Participation Matters
- Some Examples
- Appendix: Codes for Political Decision-making
- Ch. 6. The Future of the Democratic Peace
- Covert Action against Other Democracies
- The Discourse at the End of the Cold War
- From the Inside Out
- Strengthening Democracy and Its Norms
- Can a Wider Democratic Peace Be Built?
- Notes
- References
- Index