The umma of democracy / Jonathon W Moses
Material type: TextPublication details: 2006Subject(s): Online resources: In: Security Dialogue Vol. 37, No. 4, December 2006, pp.489-508 (47)Summary: Democracies avoid going to war with each other. This is one of the strongest empirical relationships in modern social science and as such has become a basic concept in international relationships - introducing democracy encourages peace. This article argues that there is little statistical evidence to support the assertion and instead suggests that lack of conflict between states can be explained by a sense of community (umma). Draws on the Pax Islamica to demonstrate that the concept of a community living in peace existed long before democracies came into being.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Democracies avoid going to war with each other. This is one of the strongest empirical relationships in modern social science and as such has become a basic concept in international relationships - introducing democracy encourages peace. This article argues that there is little statistical evidence to support the assertion and instead suggests that lack of conflict between states can be explained by a sense of community (umma). Draws on the Pax Islamica to demonstrate that the concept of a community living in peace existed long before democracies came into being.
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