Civilizing Missions in the Twentieth Century 2020
DOI: 10.1163/9789004438125_008
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The Democratic Peace Controversy in Retrospect as a “Civilizing Mission”? a Theory Revisited

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“…This was much because of the widespread belief that war in the developed world is intolerably expensive, reckless, futile, and debased (McFaul 2020;Mueller 1990), but also because the bipolarity of the international system decreases frequency and severity of war (Wayman 1984). In other words, developed democracies are less likely to fight each other-known as the "democratic peace" theory (Dülffer 2020;Kutz 2020). However, this perspective is fully not consensual (Altman et al 2020), as other researchers note an increase in conflicts, particularly after the end of the cold war.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This was much because of the widespread belief that war in the developed world is intolerably expensive, reckless, futile, and debased (McFaul 2020;Mueller 1990), but also because the bipolarity of the international system decreases frequency and severity of war (Wayman 1984). In other words, developed democracies are less likely to fight each other-known as the "democratic peace" theory (Dülffer 2020;Kutz 2020). However, this perspective is fully not consensual (Altman et al 2020), as other researchers note an increase in conflicts, particularly after the end of the cold war.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Developed democracies, per Levy (as cited in Dülffer, 2020), do not wage war against each other -this would be «the closest thing we have to a law in international politics». More specifically, in an ideal final stage of humankind, democracy and peace would prevail worldwide (Dülffer, 2020).…”
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