Democracy and International Conflict: An Evaluation of the Democratic Peace Proposition - Couverture souple

Ray, James Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570032416 ISBN 13 : 9781570032417

Editeur : University of South Carolina Press, 1998

Synopsis

In Democracy and International Conflict, James Lee Ray defends the idea, so optimistically advanced by diplomats in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise and so hotly debated by international relations scholars, that democratic states do not initiate war against one another and therefore offer an avenue to universal peace. Ray acknowledges that despite persuasive theoretical arguments and empirical evidence in favor of this idea, the democratic peace proposition is susceptible to attack on three points: the statistical rarity of both international wars and democracies; the difficulty in defining democracy; and the vulnerability of democratic regimes. To confront these criticisms, Ray offers a systematic analysis of regime transitions and a workable definition of democracy as well as careful scrutiny of cases in which democracies averted international conflict.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Lee Ray is a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. He previously taught at Florida State University, where he directed the International Affairs and the Peace Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of South Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570032416
• ISBN 13: 9781570032417
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 243
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• Personne responsable: non disponible