ISBN:
1280825030
,
1403995001
,
9781403995001
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 242 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Democratic Wars
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Democratic wars
DDC:
303.6/6/01
Keywords:
Democracy
;
International relations
;
War
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Demokratie
;
Internationale Politik
;
Krieg
;
Friede
Abstract:
Despite the rhetoric of Western leaders, democracies are great and frequent war-makers and interventionists. This fact stands in a strange contrast to the liberal self-image of democracies being particularly peaceful. Addressing this contrast, this book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head and looks for the causes of their militancy
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Part I: Democracies and War: Theoretical Challenge and Empirical Findings; 1 Introduction: the Theoretical Challenge of Democratic Wars; 2 Democratic Wars and Military Interventions, 1946-2002: the Monadic Level Reconsidered; Part II: Democratic Wars as a Challenge to International Relations Theory; 3 Democratic Peace: Many Data, Little Explanation?; 4 Democratic Peace - Democratic War: Three Reasons Why Democracies Are War-prone
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Triangulating War: the Use of Force by Democracies as a Variant of Democratic PeacePart III: Democracy, Peace and War: Perspectives from Political and Sociological Theory; 6 On Democratic War Theory; 7 Spotting the 'Enemy'? Democracies and the Challenge of the 'Other'; 8 Sameness and Distinction: Understanding Democratic Peace in a Bourdieusian Perspective; Part IV: Conclusions; 9 The Case for a New Research Agenda: Explaining Democratic Wars; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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