International Crises and the Capitalist Peace

Gartzke, Erik; Hewitt, J. Joseph

doi:10.1080/03050621003784846

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“…He finds support for both these hypotheses, and finds that the terms representing the democratic peace are non-significant when controlling for the 'capitalist' factors. Gartzke & Hewitt (2010) obtain similar results for international crises.…”

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Democracy and armed conflict

Hegre

2014

Journal of Peace Research

162

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The article reviews the literature on the relationship between democracy and armed conflict, internal as well as interstate. The review points to several similarities between how democratic institutions affect both conflict types. It summarizes the main empirical findings and discusses the most prominent explanations as well as the most important objections raised to the finding, empirically and theoretically. To a large degree, the empirical finding that pairs of democratic states have a lower risk of interstate conflict than other pairs holds up, as does the conclusion that consolidated democracies have less conflict than semi-democracies. The most critical challenge to both conclusions is the position that both democracy and peace are due to pre-existing socio-economic conditions. I conclude that this objection has considerable leverage, but it also seems clear that economic development is unlikely to bring about lasting peace alone, without the formalization embedded in democratic institutions.

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Democracy and armed conflict

Hegre

2014

Journal of Peace Research

162

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“…5 Not only security elements but also economic interests will influence states' conflict behavior. The peace through-capitalism topic has encouraged scholars to adopt similar research agendas in democratic peace literature to determine the true causal mechanisms behind peace and capitalism (Weede 1996(Weede , 2010Gartzke 2007;Gartzke and Hewitt 2010;Mousseau 2003Mousseau , 2010Mcdonald 2009Mcdonald , 2010. 6 As 4 Thinking carefully about the origins of interests shows the critical issue in this study.…”

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“…These capitalist peace arguments involve debate about whether free trade, open markets, or economic development are positively related to world peace. Recent scholarly research has focused on this important issue (Gartzke 2007(Gartzke , 2010Mousseau 2009Mousseau , 2010Mousseau , 2012aMcdonald 2009Mcdonald , 2010. 13 The basic arguments from scholars of capitalist peace against the traditional democratic peace literature exist in theoretical applications and the following empirical investigations.…”

Section: Economic Interest Similarity and Peace: The Capitalist Peacementioning

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Interest Similarity and Cross-Strait Peace

2014

Fudan J. Hum. Soc. Sci.

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Studies in this article support the peace-building effects of interest similarity, and we have to re-evaluate the current world peace through a new lens of interest. Previous research has informed us that states with similar security and/or economic interests will experience fewer conflict onsets. This study begins with research treating interest similarity as a ''facilitating condition for conflict,'' and argues that in addition to security interest, capitalist economic policies that lead to the deeper integration of an economy into international markets should be considered one of the ultimate driving forces of peace. By discussing a brief description of bilateral peace in the China-Taiwan dyad, this article concludes that the ChinaTaiwan dyad has less possibility of encountering military conflict if both governments can maintain similarity in their security interests. Moreover, the author distinguishes different models in capitalist peace theory, which include the free-market and the social-market. Accordingly, this article examines three different prestigious capitalist models: trade, capital openness, and contract-intensive economy as socialmarket theory. The results suggest that the China-Taiwan case is an appropriate case for the trade (Weede, Economic development, social order, and world politics, 1996) and capital openness models (Gartzke, Am J Polit Sci 51(1): 2007). Future studies need to be more aware of the model chosen for capitalist peace on cross-Strait relations.

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“…The peace-through-capitalism perspective has encouraged scholars to adopt similar research agendas in democratic peace studies to find out the true causal mechanisms behind peace and capitalism (Gartzke 2007;Gartzke and Hewitt 2010;McDonald 2009;Mousseau 2003;2012;Weede 1996;. 4 In this study, security alliances mainly focus on military alliances for specific security purposes.…”

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Understanding the Structures and Contents of National Interests : An Analysis of Structural Equation Modeling

Wu¹

2017

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Scholars of international relations have consistently applied a single indicator to represent state interests. However, the concept of national interest will be elusive if we consider using only a single variable. The author proposes and estimates a hierarchically organized state interest structure in which specific interests are derived from abstract values. These objectives in turn are assumed to be constrained by core values about a state's vital interests in international society. Applying confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) by LISREL, the empirical results suggest that specific interests can be structured based on three major objectives that describe the general direction the government should take in international affairs: security, economic development, and community interest. These measures provide better theoretical and empirical representations for what we understand about state interests in world politics.

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International Crises and the Capitalist Peace

Cited by 62 publications

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Democracy and armed conflict

Democracy and armed conflict

Interest Similarity and Cross-Strait Peace

Understanding the Structures and Contents of National Interests : An Analysis of Structural Equation Modeling

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