Reliable Partners : : How Democracies Have Made a Separate Peace / / Charles Lipson.
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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Lipson, Charles, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Reliable Partners : How Democracies Have Made a Separate Peace / Charles Lipson. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013] ©2003 1 online resource (272 p.) : 2 line illus. 4 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Argument in a Nutshell -- 2. Is There Really Peace among Democracies? -- 3. A Contracting Theory of the Democratic Peace and Its Alternatives -- 4. Why Democratic Bargains Are Reliable: Constitutions, Open Politics, and the Electorate -- 5. Leadership Succession as a Cause of War: The Structural Advantage of Democracies -- 6. Extending the Argument: Implications of Secure Contracting among Constitutional Democracies -- 7. Conclusion: Reliable Partners and Reliable Peace -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Examining decades of research and speculation on the subject and testing this against the history of relations between democracies over the last two centuries, Charles Lipson concludes that constitutional democracies have a "contracting advantage"--a unique ability to settle conflicts with each other by durable agreements. In so doing he forcefully counters realist claims that a regime's character is irrelevant to war and peace. Lipson argues that because democracies are confident their bargains will stick, they can negotiate effective settlements with each other rather than incur the great costs of war. Why are democracies more reliable partners? Because their politics are uniquely open to outside scrutiny and facilitate long-term commitments. They cannot easily bluff, deceive, or launch surprise attacks. While this transparency weakens their bargaining position, it also makes their promises more credible--and more durable, for democracies are generally stable. Their leaders are constrained by constitutional rules, independent officials, and the political costs of abandoning public commitments. All this allows for solid bargains between democracies. When democracies contemplate breaking their agreements, their open debate gives partners advance notice and a chance to protect themselves. Hence agreements among democracies are less risky than those with nondemocratic states. Setting rigorous analysis in friendly, vigorous prose, Reliable Partners resolves longstanding questions about the democratic peace and highlights important new findings about democracies in world politics, from rivalries to alliances. Above all, it shows conclusively that democracies are uniquely adapted to seal enduring bargains with each other and thus avoid the blight of war. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021) POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691122779 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400850723 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400850723 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400850723.jpg |
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