Democratic Peace Flashcards
What are possible factors for why wars occur between pairs of states?
Regime type
National interest
Economic factors
Gender norms
Why is the question of democratic peace more than just academic?
Because it has been used as a reason to topple governments and install democracy
Since what point have two mature democracies not experienced violent conflict?
Start of 19th Century
What is violent conflict defined as?
An event in which there are at least 1000 deaths
What is an example of a European militarised dispute without death?
Cod Wars 1970s between Iceland and UK
What is the nearest that DPT has come to being broken?
1999 Kargil War.
Not 1000 dead
What are the two clusters of reasons for democratic peace?
- Democratic institutions nurture peace
2. Normative explantion
Why did Kant believe that elected leaders would not desire conflict?
Wars are generally unpopular and unpopular policies increase the likelihood of not being re-elected
Why would a dictator be less worried about war?
Using tools of REPRESSION and NATIONALISM they can remain in power despite unpopular policies
Who said that the abilities of democracies to mobilise their economies makes them less likely to fight each other?
De Mesquite
What have Reiter and Tillman said makes Democracies less likely to fight wars?
The Diffusion of power in democratic govts slows the abilities for democracies to make war.
What domestic norms do democracies have that could make war less likely
Non-violent conflict resolution.
Laws, Courts, elections, free speech.
Therefore more likely to use mediation and diplomacy.
Why could autocracies be more inclined us violence?
They may have a culture which emphasises political violence as well as tactics such as repression and brutality
What are realist thought on DPT?
Regime type has no effect on peace or war because the brutally competitive nature of intl sys forces all states to behave in a similar way
Why did Wilson enter WWI?
Because Prussian autocracy had been a fundamental cause of the war. As such US need to democratises GER.
Why was an absolute surrender needed from the Axis powers
Autocracy was a root cause of the war so unconditional surrender required to democratise them
Where did Bill Clinton show a belief in DPT?
Haiti internvention 1995 and NATO expansion in E EUR
Where did Obama hope democracy would spread?
Mid East via Arab Spring
Where did Bush hope to bring democracy?
Iraq
What explains peace for realists?
Common national interests
What classical realists disagreed with Wilson’s view on democracy?
Carr
Lippman
Morganthau
Who argued that democratic peace was a temporal phenomenon?
Gowa.
What is the timeline of Gowa’s temporal theory
Pre WW1 - as likely for MIDS and wars
1919-38 - Wars not MIDS
45 + less like MIDs and WAR
What are MIDS?
Militarised interstate disputes
