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Reliable partners : how democracies have made a separate peace /

Democracies often go to war but almost never against each other. Indeed, "the democratic peace" has become a catchphrase among scholars and even U.S. Presidents. But why do democracies avoid fighting each other? Reliable Partners offers the first systematic and definitive explanation. Exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lipson, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2003
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The argument in a nutshell
  • Is there really peace among democracies?
  • A contracting theory of the democratic peace and its alternatives
  • Why democratic bargains are reliable : constitutions, open politics, and the electorate
  • Leadership succession as a cause of war : the structural advantage of democracies
  • Extending the argument : implications of secure contracting among constitutional democracies
  • Conclusion: reliable partners and reliable peace.