Militant Face of Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

Liberal Forces for Good
Redaktion: Geis, Anna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Democratic peace theory - the argument that democracies very rarely go to war with each other - has come under attack recently for being too naive and for neglecting the vast amount of wars fought by democracies, especially since the end of the Cold War. This volume offers a fresh perspective by arguing that the same norms that are responsible for the democratic peace can be argued to be responsible for democratic war-proneness. The authors show that democratic norms, which are usually understood to cause peaceful behaviour, are heavily contested when dealing with a non-democratic other. The book thus integrates democratic peace and democratic war into one consistent theoretical perspective, emphasising the impact of national identity. The book concludes by arguing that all democracies have a 'weak spot' where they would be willing to engage militarily.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107424593
• Artikelnr.: 52968258

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Investigating 'democratic wars' as the flipside of
'democratic peace' Anna Geis and Harald Müller; 2. The empirical study of
'democratic wars': methodology and methods Niklas Schörnig, Harald Müller
and Anna Geis; Part II. Opting In, Opting Out: Liberal Democracies and War:
3. The United States: the American way of leading the world into democratic
wars Stephanie Sohnius; 4. 'The right thing to do'? British interventionism
after the Cold War Marco Fey; 5. 'O ally, stand by me': Australia's ongoing
balancing act between geography and history Niklas Schörnig; 6. Canada:
standing on guard for international law and human security? Una
Becker-Jakob; 7. French ambiguities: of civilising, diplomatic and military
missions Johanna Eckert; 8. Burdens of the past, shadows of the future: the
use of military force as a challenge for the German 'civilian power' Anna
Geis; 9. Moving beyond neutrality: Sweden's changing attitude towards the
military use of force Carmen Wunderlich; Part III. Conclusion: 10. Liberal
democracies as militant 'forces for good': a comparative perspective Anna
Geis, Harald Müller and Niklas Schörnig; 11. The appropriateness of the
liberal use of force: 'democratic wars' under US hegemony Anna Geis and
Harald Müller; Appendix: methodology.