TY  - BOOK
AU  - MOSES Jonathon W
TI  - The umma of democracy
PY  - 2006///
KW  - DEMOCRATIC PEACE THEORY
KW  - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
KW  - PAX ISLAMICA
KW  - PEACE STUDIES
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0967010606072508
ER  -