The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace
Seiten
2003
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-1714-0 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-1714-0 (ISBN)
The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace describes how the challenges of peacemaking following the First and Second World Wars defined the West. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen explains how the values of civil society have held the West together and concludes that 'the democratic peace ' is not a 'law' but a recipe for security.
The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace describes how the challenges of peacemaking following the First and Second World Wars defined the West. In turn, the difficulties in applying the Western recipe for peace to the new security challenges of a globalizing world is threatening to destroy the international community. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen explains how the values of civil society have held the West together and concludes that 'the democratic peace ' is not a 'law' but a recipe for security.
The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace describes how the challenges of peacemaking following the First and Second World Wars defined the West. In turn, the difficulties in applying the Western recipe for peace to the new security challenges of a globalizing world is threatening to destroy the international community. Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen explains how the values of civil society have held the West together and concludes that 'the democratic peace ' is not a 'law' but a recipe for security.
MIKKEL VEDBY RASMUSSEN is a Research fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.
Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: A Time for Peace Imagine Peace A Peace Called Democracy Civil Society Conclusions A World Safe for Democracy, 1917-19 Victory without Peace The Grand Alliance of Democracies Making Safe What Could You do After the Great War? The Sinews of Peace, 1944-51 The Lesson of Versailles The Problem of Peaceful Change Positive Security Total Peace New World Orders, 1989-2001 Once Again It is a Time for Peace Globalisation, Internationalism and Empire Keeping the Peace: Reflexive Security We are All Americans? Conclusion: Ironic Democratic Peace Theory Notes Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 208 p. |
| Verlagsort | Gordonsville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4039-1714-0 / 1403917140 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4039-1714-0 / 9781403917140 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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