This is a collection of scholarly essays on democratic peace theory. Historical patterns suggest that democratic governments, which often fight wars against authoritarian regimes, maintain peaceful relationships with other governments that uphold political freedoms and empower their civil societiesβ
Democratic Peace: A Historical and Cultural Practice
β Scribed by Jorg Kustermans
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book advances the theory that "democratic peace" does not exclusively refer to an absence of war among democracies but should also be thought of as a particular way of "doing, thinking, and feeling" peace. Democratic peace is not only then a statistical finding or a rhetorical commonplace invoked to justify foreign policy decisions. Rather, the notion also refers to a historically and culturally situated practice.
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