POL 1025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: International Business
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Solution: democratic gov"t and processes: open covenants, transparency. Fact: a democratic peace : appear not to fight other democracies. Real-world impact: democratic peace and us grand strategy. There"s too much at state: trade agreements, international business, coalitions, loss of valuable allies, divided nations. Immanuel kart, perpetual peace: republics are more pacific because war other requires the approve of those who bear its cost. Engage public leads to credible threats and promises. Implications: democracies are more effective at deterring attack, democracies make it easier to identify solitaries short of war. Liberal-democracy composed of: democracy = electoral institutions and participation, liberalism = the rule of law and constitution. Liberal virtues lead to externalization of internal conflict resolution mechanism. Implications: what we call democratic peace is actually liberal peace, importance of mutual perception, liberal states are most likely to form security and community. The devil lies in the coding (war, democracy) Treat leads to view adversary as democratic or not.
