The militant face of democracy : liberal forces for good / edited by Anna Geis, Harald Müller and Niklas Schörnig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geis, Anna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military policy.

Intervention (International law).

Democracy.

Liberalism.

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Democratic peace theory - the argument that democracies very rarely go to war with each other - has come under attack recently for being too naïve and for neglecting the vast amount of wars fought by democracies, especially since the end of the Cold War. This volume offers a fresh perspective by arguing that the same norms that are responsible for the democratic peace can be argued to be responsible for democratic war-proneness. The authors show that democratic norms, which are usually understood to cause peaceful behaviour, are heavily contested when dealing with a non-democratic other. The book thus integrates democratic peace and democratic war into one consistent theoretical perspective, emphasising the impact of national identity. The book concludes by arguing that all democracies have a 'weak spot' where they would be willing to engage militarily.

Contents:

Investigating 'democratic wars' as the flipside of 'democratic peace' / Anna Geis and Harald Müller

The empirical study of 'democratic wars' : methodology and methods / Niklas Schörnig, Harald Müller and Anna Geis

The United States : the American way of leading the world into democratic wars / Stephanie Sohnius

'The right thing to do'? British interventionism after the Cold War / Marco Fey

'O ally, stand by me' : Australia's ongoing balancing act between geography and history / Niklas Schörnig

Canada : standing on guard for international law and human security? / Una Becker-Jakob

French ambiguities : of civilising, diplomatic and military missions / Johanna Eckert

Burdens of the past, shadows of the future : the use of military force as a challenge for the German 'civilian power' / Anna Geis

Moving beyond neutrality : Sweden's changing attitude towards the military use of force / Carmen Wunderlich

Liberal democracies as militant 'forces for good' : a comparative perspective Anna Geis, Harald Müller and Niklas Schörnig

The appropriateness of the liberal use of force : 'democratic wars' under US hegemony / Anna Geis and Harald Müller.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89266-5

1-107-42459-3

1-107-42257-4

1-107-41944-1

1-107-41677-9

1-107-42063-6

1-139-76439-X

1-107-41816-X

OCLC:

859537245