Reliable partners : how democracies have made a separate peace /
Lipson, Charles.
Reliable partners : how democracies have made a separate peace / Charles Lipson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003. - 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The argument in a nutshell -- Is there really peace among democracies? -- A contracting theory of the democratic peace and its alternatives -- Why democratic bargains are reliable : constitutions, open politics, and the electorate -- Leadership succession as a cause of war : the structural advantage of democracies -- Extending the argument : implications of secure contracting among constitutional democracies -- Conclusion: reliable partners and reliable peace.
0691113904 (alk. paper) 9780691113906 (alk. paper)
2002031740
GBA3-X5460
Democracy.
Peace.
JC 423 / L767r 2003
327.1/7
Reliable partners : how democracies have made a separate peace / Charles Lipson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003. - 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The argument in a nutshell -- Is there really peace among democracies? -- A contracting theory of the democratic peace and its alternatives -- Why democratic bargains are reliable : constitutions, open politics, and the electorate -- Leadership succession as a cause of war : the structural advantage of democracies -- Extending the argument : implications of secure contracting among constitutional democracies -- Conclusion: reliable partners and reliable peace.
0691113904 (alk. paper) 9780691113906 (alk. paper)
2002031740
GBA3-X5460
Democracy.
Peace.
JC 423 / L767r 2003
327.1/7