Piecing together the peaces : the agricultural-industrial transition and the rise of zones of peace / Alexander K. Antony, William R. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antony, Alexander K., author.

Thompson, William R., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Economic aspects.

Peace.

International relations--Economic aspects.

International relations.

Industrialization--Political aspects.

Industrialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In this work, Alexander K. Antony & William R. Thompson provide a novel explanation for how peace took hold in the international system & why state behaviour drastically changed. According to the standard line of reasoning, states need only democratize, liberalize their trade, modernize their economic culture, or choose to forego territorial pursuits to reach peace with another state. As Antony & Thompson argue, most, if not all, of the processes put forward as causes of modern peace are highly intertwined with the macro-process of industrialization. Taking a long-view perspective, they show how the introduction of mechanization into production significantly altered nearly all aspects of economic & social life, including the costs & benefits of warfare.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

1 Introduction: Peace and Transition

Questions of War and Peace

The Elephant in the Room

Plan of Attack

Contribution

Part I Arguments and Assumptions

2 Warring Peaces

Peace Explanations

Synthesis

Synthesizing Peace Processes and Related Findings

3 The Main Contenders: Democratic, Interdependence, Capitalist, and Territorial Peaces

The Democratic Peace

Economic Interdependence and the "Capitalist" Peace

More Capitalist Peaces

The Territorial Peace

The Centrality of Territorial Conflict

Waning of Territorial Conflict

4 Out of the Agrarian Era and Into the Industrialization Era

The North, Wallis, and Weingast Argument: A General Explanation

Further Internationalization of the NWW Argument

Back to the Big Picture

Industrialization and Conflict Patterns

Utility of Conquest for Agrarian States

Utility of Conquest for Industrial States

Links Among Industrialization and Alternate Peace Factors

Industrialization and Democracy

Industrialization, Economic Interdependence, and Capitalism

Industrialization, Border Settlement, and Territorial Claims

5 Measurement Issues

Industrialization

Democracy

Trade Openness and Capitalism

Border Settlement

Additional Control Variables

6 A Dyadic Perspective

Iteration 1: Confronting Four Different Interpretations Empirically

Findings

Iteration 2: Variations On the Capitalist Peace

Conclusion

Part II Analyses

7 Zones of Peace and Neighborhood Diffusion

Incorporating the Local Environment

Conceptualizing Zones of Peace

Spatial Diffusion of Peace Factors

Industrialization and Zones of Peace

The Local Environment, Network Effects, and the Rise of Zones of Peace

A Framework for Integrating Peace Explanations.

8 More Measurement Issues for Diffusion, Zones of Peace, and Network Effects

Unit of Analysis and Measuring a "Zone"

Zones of Peace

Creating Neighborhood Attributes

Illustrative Cases

Nordic States

Southern Cone of Latin America

Southeast Asia

East Africa

9 Co-Evolution and Spatial Diffusion

Examining the Temporal Interdependence of Peace Factors

Examining the Spatial Interdependence of Peace Factors

10 Zones of Peace

Peace Transitions

Empirical Examination Using Multi-State Survival Models

MSM Results

11 Network Effects

A Networked Approach to Rivalry and Positive Peace

Network Methodology

TERGM Results

Summary

Part III Zones of Peace

12 The Transition From the Agricultural Era to the Industrialization Era

Appendix List of Industrialized States and Year Reached 70%/85% Thresholds

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 30, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197782255

0197782256

9780197782231

019778223X

OCLC:

1430209157