ISBN:
0415467403
,
9781281899866
,
9780415467407
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 219 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in international relations and global politics 69
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Capitalism, Democracy and the Prevention of War and Poverty
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Capitalism
;
War Prevention
;
War Causes
;
Political participation
;
Poverty Prevention
;
Democracy
Abstract:
This book seeks to explore and understand the causes of war and poverty, drawing on the theory of democratic peace and the theory of capitalistic peace. It discusses: democracy, conflict resolution, economic development and industrial modernization
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Thucydides, ancient Greece and the democratic peace; 3 What is the democratic peace and why pursue it?; 4 Production, prosperity, preferences, and peace; 5 Peace by interdemocratic institutions?; 6 Rewards of freedom: Democracy and the inflow of foreign direct investment, 1984-2001; 7 Is the IMF right?: How robust is the relationship between market-oriented institutions and policies and economic growth?; 8 Economic freedom, wealth and corruption: Analyzing their empirical connection by means of correspondence analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Varieties of capitalism and social change in rich democracies10 Authority - A social coordination-mechanism: A contribution to the explanation and analysis of social mechanisms; 11 Conclusion; Author index; Subject index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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