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Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World

by Bruce Russett

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ISBN10: 0691001642
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"A very important book on a timely subject by a well-known and rigorous scholar. The book addresses a subject that has been of great interest recently both to academics and in policy circles: whether democracies ever fight wars with each other; and if not, why not."--Jack L. Snyder, Columbia University<P>"The best book yet written on the important question of why democracies appear not to fight wars with each other even though they do fight with non-democratic states. . . . This is a highly original and provocative work that is bound to stimulate much discussion and debate."--Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Hoover Insitution and University of Rochester<P>"This is a sophisticated and interesting book on what is undoubtedly the hot topic among students of international relations. Given the book's subject and its high quality, "Grasping the Democratic Peace" will be essential reading."--Aaron Friedberg, Princeton University

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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.

	Preface (1995)
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	The Fact of Democratic Peace	3
	The Emergence of Democratic Peace before World War I	5
	The Spread of Democratic Peace	9
	Democracy, War, and Other Ambiguous Terms	11
	Some Alleged Wars between Democracies	16
Ch. 2	Why Democratic Peace?	24
	Alternative Explanations	25
	Democratic Norms and Culture?	30
	Structural and Institutional Constraints?	38
	Distinguishing the Explanations	40
Ch. 3	The Imperfect Democratic Peace of Ancient Greece	43
	Democracy, Autonomy, and War in Ancient Greece	43
	Who Fought Whom?	51
	When and Why Did Democracies Fight Each Other?	54
	Norms and Perceptions	59
	Appendix: Greek City-States in the Peloponnesian War: Their Domestic Regimes and Who They Fought	63
Ch. 4	The Democratic Peace since World War II	72
	Who and When	73
	What Influences Conflict?	76
	Democracy Matters	84
	Norms and Institutional Constraints	86
	Appendix: States and Their Political Regimes, 1946-1986	94
Ch. 5	The Democratic Peace in Nonindustrial Societies	99
	Warfare and Participation	100
	Participation Matters	105
	Some Examples	111
	Appendix: Codes for Political Decision-making	115
Ch. 6	The Future of the Democratic Peace	119
	Covert Action against Other Democracies	120
	The Discourse at the End of the Cold War	124
	From the Inside Out	129
	Strengthening Democracy and Its Norms	131
	Can a Wider Democratic Peace Be Built?	135
	Notes	139
	References	151
	Index	167

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ISBN:: 9780691001647
Subtitle:: Principles for a Post-Cold War World
Author:: Russett, Bruce
Publisher:: Princeton University Press
Location:: Princeton
Subject:: International Relations - General
Subject:: Political Ideologies - Democracy
Subject:: International Relations
Subject:: Political Science and International Relations
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Publication Date:: November 1994
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: College/higher education:
Language:: English
Illustrations:: 10 tables
Pages:: 184
Dimensions:: 9.18x6.06x.47 in. .62 lbs.

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