Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-352) and index.
Synopsis
Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile capitalist peace is.
Table of Contents
Does globalization contribute to peace? A critical survey of the literature / Gerald Schneider, Katherine Barbieri, and Nils Petter Gleditsch -- Multilateral interactions in the trade-conflict model / Solomon W. Polachek -- When do relative gains impede trade? / James D. Morrow -- Extending the multicountry model of trade and conflict / Han Dorussen and Hêavard Hegre -- The domestic roots of commercial liberalism : a sector-specific approach / Gerald Schneider and Gèunther G. Schulze -- How globalization can reduce international conflict / Erik Gartzke and Quan Li -- Assessing the liberal peace with alternative specifications : trade still reduces conflict / John R. Oneal and Bruce Russett -- Modeling dynamics in the study of conflict : a comment on Oneal and Russett / Nathaniel Beck -- Modeling conflict while studying dynamics : a response to Nathaniel Beck / John R. Oneal and Bruce Russett -- The trade and conflict debate : exploring the frontier / Rafael Reuveny -- Development and the liberal peace : what does it take to be a trading state? / Hêavard Hegre -- Institutions, interdependence, and international conflict / Edward D. Mansfield and Jon C. Pevehouse -- Globalization and internal conflict / Hêavard Hegre, Ranveig Gissinger, and Nils Petter Gleditsch -- The trade-disruption hypothesis and the liberal economic theory of peace / Katherine Barbieri and Jack S. Levy -- Does war disrupt trade? / Charles H. Anderton and John R. Carter -- Globalization : creative destruction and the prospect of a capitalist peace / Erich Weede.