Author : Narayanan Ganesan
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1800430698
This book examines the concept of peace and the relevance of historical and contextual factors that contribute to peaceful coexistence of people, and dives into a deep examination of how democracy furthers peace especially in conflict prone countries. Seven case studies illustrate the impact of democratization on transformation and prevention.
Author : Tarak Barkawi
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9781555879556
Commencing with Susan Sontag's line that "the only worthwhile answers are those that blow up the questions," ten contributions by UK and US academics critique the "democratic peace" (DP) prescription for inter-state peace of "just add liberal democracy." Contextualizing the DP literature historically and internationally, they call for reassessment of the complex inter-relationships among democracy, liberalism, and war in the global revolution; provide a table summarizing war and democracy by world order periods; and identify directions for future research. Based on US workshops in 1998 and 2000. Barkawi and Laffey are lecturers in international relations, the former at the U. of Wales, Aberystwyth and the latter at the U. of London.--
Author : Peter F. Nardulli
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 32,36 MB
Release : 2008-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0252033353
An inaugural volume in the series Democracy, Free Enterprise, and the Rule of Law--forecasting the future of democracy
Author : Mary Drinkwater
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 24,98 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1350052353
Transnational Perspectives on Democracy, Citizenship, Human Rights, and Peace Education considers ways in which national systems of education could work together, across borders, to determine the meaning and significance of the principles of democracy, human rights and peace education, in ways that are comparative and relational. The contributors and editors (Mary Drinkwater, Fazal Rizvi and Karen Edge) argue that in an era of globalization, collaborative investigations are crucial for developing an understanding of rights, democracy and peace that is transnationally inflected, and through which national systems of education hold each other accountable. The chapters address issues such as citizenship, identity, language, conflict and peace-building, global educational policy, and democratic approaches to policy and education issues of democracy, human rights and peace education through analyses of case studies, research findings and policy initiatives drawn from countries in the global north and south.
Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2024-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Unlock the Secrets of Peace in a Democratic World "Democratic Peace Theory" explores the compelling idea that democracies are less likely to go to war with each other. This book covers historical evidence, theoretical frameworks, and modern implications, making it essential for those interested in international relations and peace studies. Understanding democratic peace is vital for scholars, policymakers, and anyone concerned with global stability. This book offers deep insights across interconnected topics, ensuring a thorough grasp of the subject. Overviews: 1-Democratic Peace Theory-Introduces the core concept, tracing its origins and significance. 2-World Peace-Examines the broader implications on global stability and conflict resolution. 3-Neorealism (International Relations)-Explores contrasts between democratic peace theory and neorealism. 4-International Relations Theory-Provides an overview of various theories, highlighting democratic peace. 5-Foreign Policy-Analyzes how democratic peace theory influences the foreign policies of democracies. 6-Democratization-Investigates the democratization process and its impact on peace. 7-Rudolph Rummel-Discusses Rudolph Rummel’s contributions to democratic peace theory. 8-Consociationalism-Looks at consociationalism and its connection to democratic peace. 9-Militarized Interstate Dispute-Studies instances of militarized disputes among democracies. 10-Anarchy (International Relations)-Examines the concept of anarchy and its relevance to democratic peace. 11-List of Wars Between Democracies-Provides an analysis of conflicts between democratic states. 12-Liberal Democracy-Explores liberal democracy principles and their link to peace. 13-Michael Mousseau-Highlights Michael Mousseau's contributions to the theory. 14-Capitalist Peace-Investigates how capitalist economies contribute to peace among democracies. 15-Perpetual Peace-A Philosophical Sketch-Analyzes Kant's work and its influence on democratic peace. 16-International Trade and State Security-Discusses how trade fosters peace among democracies. 17-Liberalism (International Relations)-Explores liberalism and its synergy with democratic peace. 18-Democratic Intervention-Examines the concept and implications of democratic intervention. 19-The Logic of Political Survival-Analyzes how political survival strategies contribute to peace in democracies. 20-Rationalism (International Relations)-Discusses rationalism's relevance to democratic peace. 21-Territorial Peace Theory-Explores the connection between territorial peace and democratic peace. This book is ideal for professionals, students, and enthusiasts seeking to understand democratic peace theory and its applications. It provides invaluable insights that surpass the cost of investment.
Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1906924392
Civil Paths to Peace contains the analyses and findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, established in response to the 2005 request of Commonwealth Head of Government for the Commonwealth Secretary-General to 'explore initiatives to promote mutual understanding and respect among all faiths and communities in the Commonwealth.' This report focuses particularly on the issues of terrorism, extremism, conflict and violence, which are much in ascendancy and afflict Commonwealth countries as well as the rest of the world. It argues that cultivating respect and understanding is both important in itself and consequential in reducing violence and terrorism. It further argues that cultivated violence is generated through fomenting disrespect and fostering confrontational misunderstandings. The report looks at the mechanisms through which violence is cultivated through advocacy and recruitment, and the pre-existing inequalities, deprivations and humiliations on which those advocacies draw. These diagnoses also clear the way for methods of countering disaffection and violence. In various chapters the different connections are explored and examined to yield general policy recommendations. Accepting diversity, respecting all human beings, and understanding the richness of perspectives that people have are of great relevance for all Commonwealth countries, and for its 1.8 billion people. They are also importance for the rest of the world. The civil paths to peace are presented here for use both inside the Commonwealth and beyond its boundaries. The Commonwealth has survived and flourished, despite the hostilities associated with past colonial history, through the use of a number of far-sighted guiding principles. The Commission argues that those principles have continuing relevance today for the future of the Commonwealth--and also for the world at large.
Author : Michael E. Brown
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 1996-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262522137
Are democracies less likely to go to war than other kinds of states? This question is of tremendous importance in both academic and policy-making circles and one that has been debated by political scientists for years. The Clinton administration, in particular, has argued that the United States should endeavor to promote democracy around the world. This timely reader includes some of the most influential articles in the debate that have appeared in the journal International Security during the past two years, adding two seminal pieces published elsewhere to make a more balanced and complete collection, suitable for classroom use.
Author : Simon Oerding
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3640299477
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1,0, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (Department of Politics), course: BA Thesis, language: English, abstract: Abstract There is no regularity in international relations that is as imperturbable as the democratic peace. From the beginning of the statistical research in 1816 until today, no clear-cut case of war between two democratic states has been recorded. The democratic peace has obstinately kept the secret of its causal mechanism. No convincing theory as to its cause has been widely accepted. It is the aim of this dissertation to provide an alternative explanation for why democracies do not fight each other. Empirical research can only account for correlation but not for causal mechanisms. This dissertation thus concentrates on the theoretical explanations. Scholars developed approaches to account for the democratic peace ranging from constructivist through the sociological to game-theoretical methodology. They focus on the single democratic state, the relation between two democratic states and, recently, the international system itself. This dissertation critically examines a number of such theories which vary in methodology and focus. Especially, arguments by Russett, Doyle and Müller are given attention, but, to a greater or lesser extent, they are flawed or insufficient. At the same time, this dissertation points out a number of special characteristics of democratic states of importance. Pulling those together, an approach is proposed based on the assumption that the international system itself bears a major responsibility for the democratic peace. Supporting an approach by Hasenclever, it is argued that international institutions set up by democratic states are especially capable of mitigating conflicts and thus prevent war. Together with the special features of their member-states, such organisations account for the peaceful behaviour of democracies.[...]
Author : James Lee Ray
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
In Democracy and International Conflict James Lee Ray defends the idea, so optimistically advanced by diplomats in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise and so hotly debated by international relations scholars, that democratic states do not initiate war against one another and therefore offer an avenue to universal peace. Arguing that advocates of the democratic peace proposition have not adequately evaluated the impact of regime transition on democratization, Ray reviews every regime transition of the past 170 years and traces the extent to which democracy has prevailed in the global political system since 1825. His analysis reveals the important roles played by the international environment and by domestic factors in determining global movements toward or away from democracy. Ray also provides a simple, precise, and operational definition of democracy that serves as a basis for addressing the controversy surrounding the issue of whether democratic states have ever waged war against one another. He concludes that it is possible to defend the assertion that there has never been an international war between democratic states. Finally, Ray contends that because the number of wars eliminated by democracy's pacifying effect has been small, scholars must supplement quantitative analysis of a great number of cases with evidence generated by the intensive study of individual cases. He examines the relationship between these two types of analyses and demonstrates how they may be integrated to exploit their complementary virtues.
Author : David L. Rousseau
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804750815
Conventional wisdom in international relations maintains that democracies are only peaceful when encountering other democracies. Using a variety of social scientific methods of investigation ranging from statistical studies and laboratory experiments to case studies and computer simulations, Rousseau challenges this conventional wisdom by demonstrating that democracies are less likely to initiate violence at early stages of a dispute. Using multiple methods allows Rousseau to demonstrate that institutional constraints, rather than peaceful norms of conflict resolution, are responsible for inhibiting the quick resort to violence in democratic polities. Rousseau finds that conflicts evolve through successive stages and that the constraining power of participatory institutions can vary across these stages. Finally, he demonstrates how constraint within states encourages the rise of clusters of democratic states that resemble "zones of peace" within the anarchic international structure.
