Ravlo, Hilde and Gleditsch, Nils Petter and Dorussen, Han (2003) Colonial War and the Democratic Peace. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47 (4). pp. 520-548. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002703254295
Ravlo, Hilde and Gleditsch, Nils Petter and Dorussen, Han (2003) Colonial War and the Democratic Peace. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47 (4). pp. 520-548. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002703254295
Ravlo, Hilde and Gleditsch, Nils Petter and Dorussen, Han (2003) Colonial War and the Democratic Peace. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47 (4). pp. 520-548. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002703254295
Abstract
<jats:p> Proponents of the democratic peace have been criticized for failing to discuss colonial wars. Democratic countries have repeatedly fought such wars, which critics hold to be incompatible with democratic peace theory. Three reasons are suggested to explain why colonial wars do not invalidate the democratic peace argument. First, although democracies rarely, if ever, fight one another, they participate in war as much as nondemocracies. Thus, mixed political dyads have the greatest propensity for war. If nonstate adversaries are commonly perceived to be nondemocratic, democracies should fight colonial wars more frequently. Second, the nature of colonial conflict has changed over time. The relationship between democracy and colonial war is examined in colonial, imperialist, and postcolonial periods. Finally, a correct assessment of the democratic peace argument needs to rely on a multivariate model. With a suitable set of control variables, the positive relationship between war and democracy disappears. We also observe that in the post-World War II period, democracies fight colonial wars less frequently than non-democracies. We surmise that this might be related to changes in the perception of non-European peoples. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | democratic peace; colonial war; imperialist colonization; extrasystemic war; postcolonial period |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2015 20:58 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 20:33 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081 |