02357nam a2200409Ia 4500 ebr10135663 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 040819s2005 nyua sb 001 0 eng d 2004054199 1403982309 1403968233 (hc) 1403968241 (pb) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560468745 JZ5538 .R37 2005eb 327.1/72 22 Rasler, Karen A., 1952- Puzzles of the democratic peace [electronic resource] : theory, geopolitics, and the transformation of world politics / Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005. x, 271 p. : ill. Evolutionary processes in world politics Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Developing perspective on democratic peace phenomena -- Pt. 2. Contexts in which democracies emerge : chickens or eggs? -- 2. External threat, domestic power concentration, and disputatious foreign policies -- 3. Questions of regional primacy -- Pt. 3. The relative strength of regime types in coercive contexts -- 4. Path-dependencies and foreign policy -- 5. Do rivalries trump regime type? -- 6. Do the gods of war really favor democracies? -- Pt. 4. The systemic context in which democracies compete -- 7. Do democratic-autocratic rivalries muddy the monadic waters? -- 8. Long-term structural change and regime type -- 9. Democratic alliance joining or changing system leader containment strategies? -- Pt. 5. Conclusion -- 10. History and selective transformations of world politics. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Peace. Democratization. Democracy. International relations. World politics 1989- Electronic books. local Thompson, William R. ebrary, Inc. Evolutionary processes in world politics series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135663 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 87575 87575