Selected Issues of Democratic Peace Theory: A Reader

Authors

Łukasz Fyderek (ed)
Jagiellonian University in Krakow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12797/9788383681481

Keywords:

democratic peace theory, TDP, political science

Synopsis

The theory of democratic peace confronts us with some of the most interesting questions in contemporary social sciences. The basic thesis that democracies do not fight wars with each other has not been falsified in the course of political events. This makes it possible to treat peace between democracies as one of the few permanent elements in international relations. Empirically observed, the main thesis of the democratic peace theory has yet to be satisfactorily and fully explained. Thus, democratic peace has been one of the enduring elements of international political reality since the beginning of the 20th century, but we still do not know with certainty what mechanisms make democracies not fight each other, and why disputes occurring between them are resolved without the use of large-scale lethal force.
Some of the studies presented or discussed in this volume recognize that a phenomenon that co-occurs with peace between democracies is the greater likelihood of wars between authoritarian states and democracies. This reflection, however, is only a starting point for research on better understanding the decision-making and strategy-setting processes of players involved in international conflicts.

Chapters

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Introduction .......... 5
    Łukasz Fyderek
  • Democratic Peace: the Theory, Research Agenda and Axis of Debate in International Relations .......... 9
    Łukasz Fyderek
  • Stasis or Decay? Reconciling Covert War and the Democratic Peace .......... 41
    Michael Poznansky
  • The Theory of Democratic Peace and Threat Perception .......... 85
    Barbara Farnham
  • The Democratic Peace and the Wisdom of Crowds .......... 131
    Brad L. Le Veck, Neil Narang
  • It Takes Two: an Explanation for the Democratic Peace .......... 183
    Gilat Levy, Ronny Razin
  • Identifying the Place of Democratic Norms in Democratic Peace .......... 225
    Gil Friedman

Author Biographies

Michael Poznansky, University of Virginia

Michael Poznansky is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. Poznansky’s current research investigates the reasons why states sometimes employ covert action when intervening to overthrow or rescue regimes.

Brad L. Le Veck, University of California

Brad L. LeVeck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced

Neil Narang, University of California

Neil Narang is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Formerly, he was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, serving as a senior adviser in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy.

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Published

27 February 2025

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Copyright (c) 2024 Łukasz Fyderek (Volume editor); Michael Poznansky, Barbara Farnham, Brad L. Le Veck, Neil Narang, Gilat Levy, Ronny Razin, Gil Friedman

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978-83-8368-147-4

How to Cite

Fyderek, Łukasz (ed.) (2025) Selected Issues of Democratic Peace Theory: A Reader. Poland: Księgarnia Akademicka Publishing. doi:10.12797/9788383681481.