Globalization and Armed Conflict

by Schneider, Gerald; Barbieri, Katherine; Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Anderton, Charles H.; Barbieri, Katherine; Beck, Nathaniel; Carter, John R.; Dorussen, Han; Gartzke, Erik; Gissinger, Ranveig; Gleditsch, NilsPetter; Hegre, Håvard; Levy, Jack S.; Li, Quan; M

• ISBN13: 9780742518322
• ISBN10: 0742518329
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and among states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile capitalist peace is.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Competing Models of the Peace-Through-Globalization Hypothesis
Does Globalization Contribute to Peace? A Critical Survey of the Literature	p. 3
Multilateral Interactions in the Trade-Conflict Model	p. 31
When Do Relative Gains Impede Trade?	p. 49
Extending the Multicountry Model of Trade and Conflict	p. 77
The Domestic Roots of Commercial Liberalism: A Sector-Specific Approach	p. 103
How Globalization Can Reduce International Conflict	p. 123
Empirical Contributions
Assessing the Liberal Peace with Alternative Specifications: Trade Still Reduces Conflict	p. 143
Modeling Dynamics in the Study of Conflict: A Comment on Oneal and Russett	p. 165
Modeling Conflict While Studying Dynamics: A Response to Nathaniel Beck	p. 179
The Trade and Conflict Debate: Exploring the Frontier	p. 189
Development and the Liberal Peace: What Does It Take to Be a Trading State?	p. 205
Institutions, Interdependence, and International Conflict	p. 233
Globalization and Internal Conflict	p. 251
The Trade-Disruption Hypothesis and the Liberal Economic Theory of Peace	p. 277
Does War Disrupt Trade?	p. 299
Globalization: Creative Destruction and the Prospect of a Capitalist Peace	p. 311
References	p. 325
Index	p. 353
About the Contributors	p. 363
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