Democracy and Security Preferences, Norms and Policy-Making [Paperback]

It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in terms of their approach to war and security policy in general.

This edited book offers a broad examination of how democratic preferences and norms are relevant to security policy beyond the decision of whether to go to war. It therefore offers a fresh understanding of state behaviour in the security realm. The contributors discuss such issues as defence policy, air war, cluster bombs, non-lethal weapons, weapons of mass destruction, democratic and non-democratic nuclear weapon states transparency, and the political and ideological background of the ongoing Revolution in Military Affairs.

It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in terms of their approach to war and security policy in general.

1. Introduction Harald M?ller and Matthew Evangelista  2. Casualty Aversion in Democratic Security Provision: Procurement and the Defense Industrial Base Niklas Sch?rnig  3. Non-Lethal Weapons: Democratic Necessity or Business as Usual? J?rgen Altmann and Judith Reppy  4. Air War and Restraint: The Role of Public Opinion and Democracy Stephen Watts  5. Curbing the Use of Indiscriminate Weapons: NGO Advocacy in Militant Democracies Margarita H. Petrova  6. Technology, Nuclear Arms Control, and Democracy: Reflections in the Light of Democratic Peace Theory Harald M?ller and Una Becker  7. Strained Relationships: The Revolution in Military Affairs, Democracy and Arms Control Olivier Minkwitz  8. Torn Apart: Nuclear Secrecy l“.