Puzzles of the democratic peace theory, geopolitics, and the transformation of world politics /

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Main Author: Rasler, Karen A., 1952-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Thompson, William R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005.
Series:Evolutionary processes in world politics series.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Introduction
  • 1. Developing perspective on democratic peace phenomena
  • Pt. 2. Contexts in which democracies emerge : chickens or eggs?
  • 2. External threat, domestic power concentration, and disputatious foreign policies
  • 3. Questions of regional primacy
  • Pt. 3. The relative strength of regime types in coercive contexts
  • 4. Path-dependencies and foreign policy
  • 5. Do rivalries trump regime type?
  • 6. Do the gods of war really favor democracies?
  • Pt. 4. The systemic context in which democracies compete
  • 7. Do democratic-autocratic rivalries muddy the monadic waters?
  • 8. Long-term structural change and regime type
  • 9. Democratic alliance joining or changing system leader containment strategies?
  • Pt. 5. Conclusion
  • 10. History and selective transformations of world politics.