Elections and War
Subtitle: The Electoral Incentive in the Democratic Politics of War and Peace
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780804735667
Subjects: International relations; Political structures: democracy; Public opinion; Military & War; Elections And Voting; War And Peace; Current Affairs; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Ideologies - Democracy; International Relations - General; Political Process - Elections; Elections; War; Democracy; History
Description: "Foreign policy makers and international relations scholars have become increasingly interested in the relationship between democracy and war. In this book, the author argues that the international relations of democratic states are best understood in the context of the interaction of democratic and international politics. Elections are an essential institution of democratic states, while war is a defining element of international politics.

This book examines the interaction of these two elemental phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.