Democratic Wars Looking at the Dark Side of Democratic Peace [Hardcover]

The book turns the 'democratic peace' theme on its head: rather than investigating the reasons for the supposed pacifism of democracies, it looks for the causes of their militancy. In order to solve this puzzle, the authors look across International Relations, political theory, political philosophy and sociology.List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART ONE: DEMOCRACIES AND WAR: THEORETICAL CHALLENGE AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS Introduction: The Theoretical Challenge of Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.M?ller Democratic Wars and Military Interventions, 1946-2002: The Monadic Level Reconsidered; S.Chojnacki PART TWO: DEMOCRATIC WARS AS A CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Democratic Peace: Many Data, Little Explanation?; H.M?ller & J.Wolff Democratic Peace - Democratic War: Three Reasons Why Democracies are War-Prone; C.Daase Triangulating War: The Use of Force by Democracies as a Variant of the Democratic Peace; L.Brock PART THREE: DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND WAR: PERSPECTIVES FROM POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY On Democratic War Theory; N.Rengger Spotting the 'Enemy'? Democracies and the Challenge of the 'Other'; A.Geis Sameness and Distinction: Understanding the Democratic Peace in a Bourdieusian Perspective; C.G?tze PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS The Case for a New Research Agenda: Explaining Democratic Wars; L.Brock & A.Geis & H.M?ller References Index

'... Democratic Wars raises many interesting theoretical issues and is timely in the light of the continuing debates within the democratic community over terrorism and the Iraq war.' - Geoffrey Wallace, Journal of Peace Research

SVEN CHOJNACKI Professor of Peace and Security Studies, Free University of Berlin, GermanyCHRISTOPHER DAASE Professor of International Relations, University of Munich, GermanyCATHERINE G?TZE Lecturer in International Politics, University of Nottingham, UKNICHOLAS RENGGER Professor of Political Theory and International Relatló,