Liberal Peace, Liberal War - American Politics and International Security Owen John M. IVPaperback
Liberal Peace, Liberal War - American Politics and International Security Owen John M. IVPaperback Liberal democracies very rarely fight wars against each other, even though they go to war just as…
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Liberal Peace, Liberal War - American Politics and International Security Owen John M. IVPaperback
Liberal democracies very rarely fight wars against each other, even though they go to war just as often as other types of states do. John M. Liberal elites identify their interests with those of their counterparts in foreign states, Owen contends. Owen IV attributes this peculiar restraint to a synergy between liberal ideology and the institutions that exist within these states.
This book explores the chain of events linking peace with democracies. Free discussion and regular competitive elections allow the agitations of the elites in liberal democracies to shape foreign policy, especially during crises, by influencing governmental decision makers.Several previous analysts have offered theories to explain liberal peace, but they have not examined the state. Owen emphasizes that peace is constructed by democratic ideas, and should be understood as a strong tendency built upon