Democratic Wars
Looking at the Dark Side of Democratic Peace
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 242 pages
978-1-349-54455-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'... 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
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Edition
1st ed. 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XI, 242 p.
Dimensions
Height: 139 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
338 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-54455-4 (9781349544554)
DOI
10.1057/9780230626560
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
02/2006
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
SVEN CHOJNACKI Professor of Peace and Security Studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany
CHRISTOPHER DAASE Professor of International Relations, University of Munich, Germany
CATHERINE GÖTZE Lecturer in International Politics, University of Nottingham, UK
NICHOLAS RENGGER Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, University of St. Andrews, UK
JONAS WOLFF Doctoral Candidate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany
Content
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