Heinz Gärtner/Hakan Akbulut/Jan Willem Honig: Democracy, Peace, and Security (E-Book)

<span><span>Democracies are extremely unlikely to wage war against other democracies this main proposition of the Democratic Peace theory constitutes the starting point for this volume. Chapters authored by experts from different parts of the world explore the concept of Democratic Peace in greater depth in relation to selected issue areas and in comparison to other concepts such as security communities or concerts of powers. The role and significance of international organizations and gender equality, for instance, are discussed and assessed in this context. The objective guiding this exercise is to give an answer to the question as to whether Democratic Peace and the other two concepts i.e. security communities and concerts of powers can provide a solution to todays security challenges and constitute a guide to peaceful co-existence and conflict settlement. So, the chapters discuss intellectual frameworks at some length, at the same time, reflecting on potential inferences for the outside world and highlighting associated challenges, limits, or even possible adverse implications.<br></span></span>

This book explores the question of the extent to which Democratic Peace can provide a solution for conflict and constitute a guide to peaceful co-existence and dispute settlement in todays world and whether a concert of powers or security communities pose alternatives. The significance of international organizations and gender equality are also discussed within this context.

Heinz Gärtner is academic director of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs and senior scientist at the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Vienna.

Jan Willem Honig is senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies, Kings College London.

Hakan Akbulut is researcher with the Austrian Institute for International Affairs and a lecturer in political science at the University of Vienna.