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Democratic Wars

Looking at the Dark Side of Democratic Peace

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Democracies and War: Theoretical Challenge and Empirical Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction: the Theoretical Challenge of Democratic Wars

      • Lothar Brock, Anna Geis, Harald Müller
      Pages 3-12
  3. Democratic Wars as a Challenge to International Relations Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. Democratic Peace: Many Data, Little Explanation?

      • Harald Müller, Jonas Wolff
      Pages 41-73
  4. Democracy, Peace and War: Perspectives from Political and Sociological Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. On Democratic War Theory

      • Nicholas Rengger
      Pages 123-141
  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
    2. The Case for a New Research Agenda: Explaining Democratic Wars

      • Lothar Brock, Anna Geis, Harald Müller
      Pages 195-214
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 215-242

About this book

The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.

Reviews

'... Democratic Wars raises many interesting theoretical issues and is timely in the light of the continuing debates within the democratic community over terrorism and the Iraq war.' - Geoffrey Wallace, Journal of Peace Research

Editors and Affiliations

  • Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

    Anna Geis

  • University of Frankfurt, Germany

    Lothar Brock, Harald Müller

About the editors

SVEN CHOJNACKI Professor of Peace and Security Studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany CHRISTOPHER DAASE Professor of International Relations, University of Munich, Germany CATHERINE GÖTZE Lecturer in International Politics, University of Nottingham, UK NICHOLAS RENGGER Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, University of St. Andrews, UK JONAS WOLFF Doctoral Candidate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

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