Rethinking the Kantian Peace: Evidence from a Liberal, Moderate, and Conservative Measure of Norm Diffusion

Millard Matt ()
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Millard Matt: Center for Peace and Security Studies, University of California, San Diego, USA

New Global Studies, 2018, vol. 12, issue 3, 325-341

Abstract: This article revisits in today’s global setting the debate among international relations scholars over the so-called Kantian or democratic peace. In particular, it argues that findings made by S. M. Mitchell in a seminal 2002 article in the American Journal of Political Science regarding the diffusion of norms via third party conflict resolution relied upon a questionable methodology and now require belated revision. An alternative measure of norm diffusion would rely upon the proportion of democratic states, particularly contiguous states, in a given region. Moreover, a more detailed look at such diffusion after 1945 suggests important differences over the viability of democratic peace, especially regarding state behavior outside the Western Hemisphere.

Keywords: democratic norms; Latin America; democracy; international conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2018-0017

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