Democracy and War
Subtitle: Institutions, Norms, and the Evolution of International Conflict
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: March 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780804750813
Subjects: International relations; Politics - Current Events; International Relations - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; War; History & Theory - General; Political Science / International Relations; Case studies; Democracy; Oorlog; Political aspects; Politics and war; gtt
First sentence: DO DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS and political norms influence foreign policy decisions?
Description: "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, David 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."--Jacket.