Lipson, Charles. <br/><br/>
Reliable partners :  how democracies have made a separate peace / 
Charles Lipson. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2003. 
 - 259 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691113904 (alk. paper) 9780691113906 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002031740 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-X5460 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy.<br/>Peace.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC 423  / L767r 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.1/7