Democracy and war : the end of an illusion?
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Democracy and war : the end of an illusion?
L. Rienner Publishers, 2002
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Bibliography: p. 161-179
Includes index
LCCN:2001048937
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Description
Errol Henderson critically examines what has been called the closest thing to an empirical law in world politics, the concept of the democratic peace. Henderson tests two versions of the democratic peace proposition (DPP) - that democracies rarely if ever fight one another, and that democracies are more peaceful in general than nondemocracies - using exactly the same data and statistical techniques as their proponents. In effect hoisting the thesis on its own petard, he finds that the ostensible ""democratic peace"" has in fact been the result of a confluence of several processes during the post-World War II era. It seems clear, Henderson maintains, that the presence of democracy is hardly a guarantor of peace - and under certain conditions, it may even increase the probability of war. Henderson convincingly refutes the democratic peace proposition - using exactly the same data and techniques as its proponents.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS: The Democratic Peace: Strong Statistics, Weak Theory. Are Democracies Unlikely to Fight Each Other? Are Democracies More Peaceful than Non-Democracies? The Democratic Peace and Extrastate Wars. The Democratic Peace and Civil Wars. An Alternative Explanation of the Postwar ""Democratic Peace."" The Democratic Peace: A Great Illusion?
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