Democratic Wars

Looking at the Dark Side of Democratic Peace

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-02-28
Mått:140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:242
Upplaga:2006
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9781403995001

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ANNA GEIS is Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany. She received her doctorate from the University of Hamburg and has published books and articles in the fields of democratic theory, state theory and theories of peace and war. LOTHAR BROCK teaches International Relations at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He is a member of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, the International Review Board for the Research Programme North-South of the Swiss National Science Foundation and Head of the Advisory Board of the Protestant Churches in Germany on Sustainabl

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'... Democratic Wars raises many interesting theoretical issues and is timely in the light of the continuing debates within the democratic community over terrorism and the Iraq war.' - Geoffrey Wallace, Journal of Peace Research

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART ONE: DEMOCRACIES AND WAR: THEORETICAL CHALLENGE AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS Introduction: The Theoretical Challenge of Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.Müller Democratic Wars and Military Interventions, 1946-2002: The Monadic Level Reconsidered; S.Chojnacki PART TWO: DEMOCRATIC WARS AS A CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Democratic Peace: Many Data, Little Explanation?; H.Müller & J.Wolff Democratic Peace - Democratic War: Three Reasons Why Democracies are War-Prone; C.Daase Triangulating War: The Use of Force by Democracies as a Variant of the Democratic Peace; L.Brock PART THREE: DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND WAR: PERSPECTIVES FROM POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY On Democratic War Theory; N.Rengger Spotting the 'Enemy'? Democracies and the Challenge of the 'Other'; A.Geis Sameness and Distinction: Understanding the Democratic Peace in a Bourdieusian Perspective; C.Götze PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS The Case for a New Research Agenda: Explaining Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.Müller References Index