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Democracies are extremely unlikely to wage war against other democracies – this main proposition of the Democratic Peace theory constitutes the starting point for this volume. Chapters authored by experts from different parts of the world explore the concept of Democratic Peace in greater depth in relation to selected issue areas and in comparison to other concepts such as security communities or concerts of powers. The role and significance of international organizations and gender equality, for instance, are discussed and assessed in this context. The objective guiding this exercise is to give an answer to the question as to whether Democratic Peace and the other two concepts – i.e. security communities and concerts of powers – can provide a solution to today’s security challenges and constitute a guide to peaceful co-existence and conflict settlement. So, the chapters discuss intellectual frameworks at some length, at the same time, reflecting on potential inferences for the outside world and highlighting associated challenges, limits, or even possible adverse implications.

Table of Contents

1Democracy and the Quest for Peace and Security
Introduction
Heinz Gärtner & Hakan Akbulut

2What Is the Democratic Peace?
Bruce Russett

3Security Communities
Adrian Hyde-Price

4What Use Is “Democratic Peace” in the Present Period of Rapid Power Change?
Harald Müller

5Peace and Peace Orders: Augustinian Foundations in Hobbesian and Kantian Receptions
Andrej Zwitter

6Democratization, Great Power Cooperation, and International Organizations: The OSCE and the Democratic Peace
P. Terrence Hopmann

7Challenging the European Union’s Liberal Peace Model in the Mediterranean
Cengiz Günay

8Gender, Democracy and Peace: An Ambivalent Triangle?
Simone Wisotzki

9The Wars Militaries Fight for Democracy
Jan Willem Honig

10Reaching Out for Perpetual, Just, and Comprehensive Peace
Conclusion
Heinz Gärtner & Hakan Akbulut

Product details

Published Jun 17 2015
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 190
ISBN 9781498507721
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 graphs
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Heinz Gärtner

Anthology Editor

Jan Willem Honig

Anthology Editor

Hakan Akbulut

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