The Resource Electing to fight : why emerging democracies go to war, by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
Electing to fight : why emerging democracies go to war, by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
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- Summary
- "To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and military force. In Electing to Fight, Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder challenge the widely accepted basis of these policies by arguing that states in the early phases of transitions to democracy are more likely than other states to become involved in war." "Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative analysis, Mansfield and Snyder show that emerging democracies with weak political institutions are especially likely to go to war. Leaders of these countries attempt to rally support by invoking external threats and resorting to belligerent, nationalist rhetoric. Mansfield and Snyder point to this pattern in cases ranging from revolutionary France to contemporary Russia. Because the risk of a state's being involved in violent conflict is high until democracy is fully consolidated, Mansfield and Snyder argue, the best way to promote democracy requires - such as the rule of law - and only then encouraging mass political participation and elections. Readers will find this argument particularly relevant to prevailing concerns about the U.S. attempts to build democracy in Iraq. Electing to Fight also calls into question the wisdom of urging early elections elsewhere in the Islamic world and in China."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Contents
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- The perilous path to the democratic peace
- Reconciling the democratic peace with accounts of democratization and war
- Explaining turbulent transitions
- Data and measures for testing the argument
- Democratization and war: statistical findings
- Democratizing dyads and the outbreak of war: statistical findings
- Democratizing initiators of war: tracing causal processes
- Tracing trajectories of democratization and war in the 1990s
- Conclusion: Sequencing the transition for peace
- Appendix: Democratizing countries that experienced the outbreak of external war, 1816-1992
- Isbn
- 9780262134491
- Label
- Electing to fight : why emerging democracies go to war
- Title
- Electing to fight
- Title remainder
- why emerging democracies go to war
- Statement of responsibility
- by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and military force. In Electing to Fight, Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder challenge the widely accepted basis of these policies by arguing that states in the early phases of transitions to democracy are more likely than other states to become involved in war." "Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative analysis, Mansfield and Snyder show that emerging democracies with weak political institutions are especially likely to go to war. Leaders of these countries attempt to rally support by invoking external threats and resorting to belligerent, nationalist rhetoric. Mansfield and Snyder point to this pattern in cases ranging from revolutionary France to contemporary Russia. Because the risk of a state's being involved in violent conflict is high until democracy is fully consolidated, Mansfield and Snyder argue, the best way to promote democracy requires - such as the rule of law - and only then encouraging mass political participation and elections. Readers will find this argument particularly relevant to prevailing concerns about the U.S. attempts to build democracy in Iraq. Electing to Fight also calls into question the wisdom of urging early elections elsewhere in the Islamic world and in China."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mansfield, Edward D.
- Dewey number
- 321.8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC423
- LC item number
- .M354 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Snyder, Jack L
- Series statement
- BCSIA studies in international security
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Democratization
- War
- Label
- Electing to fight : why emerging democracies go to war, by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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- Contents
- The perilous path to the democratic peace -- Reconciling the democratic peace with accounts of democratization and war -- Explaining turbulent transitions -- Data and measures for testing the argument -- Democratization and war: statistical findings -- Democratizing dyads and the outbreak of war: statistical findings -- Democratizing initiators of war: tracing causal processes -- Tracing trajectories of democratization and war in the 1990s -- Conclusion: Sequencing the transition for peace -- Appendix: Democratizing countries that experienced the outbreak of external war, 1816-1992
- Control code
- 56191823
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262134491
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004057861
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Electing to fight : why emerging democracies go to war, by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The perilous path to the democratic peace -- Reconciling the democratic peace with accounts of democratization and war -- Explaining turbulent transitions -- Data and measures for testing the argument -- Democratization and war: statistical findings -- Democratizing dyads and the outbreak of war: statistical findings -- Democratizing initiators of war: tracing causal processes -- Tracing trajectories of democratization and war in the 1990s -- Conclusion: Sequencing the transition for peace -- Appendix: Democratizing countries that experienced the outbreak of external war, 1816-1992
- Control code
- 56191823
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262134491
- Isbn Type
- (hc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004057861
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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