Assessing the Capitalist Peace

by Schneider; Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780415529891
• ISBN10: 0415529891
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Researchers have recently reinvigorated the idea that key features associated with a capitalist organization of the economy render nation states internally and externally more peaceful. According to this adage, the contract intensity of capitalist societies and the openness of the economy are among the main attributes that drive these empirical relationships. Studies on the Capitalist Peace supplement the broadly received examinations on the role that economic integration in the form of trade and foreign direct investment play in the pacification of states. Some proponents of the peace-through-capitalism thesis controversially contend that this relationship supersedes prominent explanations like Democratic Peaceaccording to which democratic pairs of states face a reduced risk of conflict. This volume takes stock of this debate by offering new evidence both for interstate as well as intrastate relations. Authors also evaluate the theoretical underpinnings of the relationship and offer an up-to-date idea history and classification of current research. Leading scholars comment on these theoretical propositions and empirical findings. These exchanges are partly based on replications of recent studies on the capitalist peace. This book was originally published as a special issue of International Interactions.