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The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen

    1. Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: A Time for Peace

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 1-15

  3. Imagine Peace

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 16-42

  4. A World Safe for Democracy, 1917–19

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 43-81

  5. The Sinews of Peace, 1944–51

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 82-126

  6. New World Orders, 1989–2001

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 127-173

  7. Conclusion: Ironic Democratic Peace Theory

    • Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen
    Pages 174-188

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 189-208
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The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace describes how the challenges of peacemaking following the First and Second World Wars defined the West. In turn, the difficulties in applying the Western recipe for peace to the new security challenges of a globalizing world is threatening to destroy the international community. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen explains how the values of civil society have held the West together and concludes that 'the democratic peace ' is not a 'law' but a recipe for security.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen

About the author

MIKKEL VEDBY RASMUSSEN is a Research fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.

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