Democracy, Liberalism, and War: Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debate (Critical Security Studies) - Hardcover

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9781555879556: Democracy, Liberalism, and War: Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debate (Critical Security Studies)

Synopsis

Commencing with Susan Sontag's line that "the only worthwhile answers are those that blow up the questions," ten contributions by UK and US academics critique the "democratic peace" (DP) prescription for inter-state peace of "just add liberal democracy." Contextualizing the DP literature historically and internationally, they call for reassessment of the complex inter-relationships among democracy, liberalism, and war in the global revolution; provide a table summarizing war and democracy by world order periods; and identify directions for future research. Based on US workshops in 1998 and 2000. Barkawi and Laffey are lecturers in international relations, the former at the U. of Wales, Aberystwyth and the latter at the U. of London. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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