POLSCI 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Democratic Peace Theory, Stellar Population, Information Overload
1 Feb 2020
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Political science 1ab3 2020 lecture 4a democratic peace theory. Question: do democratic states act differently in their foreign. According to some political scientists the answer is yes. Why? (see the article by rosato (on the syllabus)), from whom this discussion is taken): There may be a correlation between democratic states and peace but correlation does not prove causation. Any hypothesized cause must be able to, at the same time, explain why democracies will go to war against non-democracies. Modern scholars have posed two different types of explanation for the democratic peace (loosely grouped together as democratic peace. Democracy reinforces and institutionalizes the norm that conflicts should be resolved peacefully rather than through force: using dialogue, persuasion, and compromise. Democratic leaders are socialized into solving disagreements without the use of violence. These leaders are likely to transfer this conflict resolution strategy to the international realm when dealing with other democracies.
