Democracy And War: Institutions, Norms, And The Evolution Of International Conflict - Couverture rigide

Rousseau, David L.

 
9780804750813: Democracy And War: Institutions, Norms, And The Evolution Of International Conflict
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0804750815 ISBN 13 : 9780804750813
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

David L. Rousseau is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804750815
ISBN 13 
9780804750813
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
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Personne responsable
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