Exam 12: Applying Perspectives and Levels of Analysis: the Case of the Democratic Peace

Which of the following explanations of the democratic peace is from the realist perspective?

The realist perspective would most likely argue that democracies do not go to war with one another because ______.

One explanation of the democratic peace contends that democracies do not go to war with one another because leaders have to appeal to larger coalitions to survive politically and, therefore, choose wars only with nondemocratic countries in which democracies enjoy an advantage in mobilizing ______.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which two perspectives may argue that democracies do not go to war with one another because they have unique contracting or negotiating advantages that allow them to settle disputes without war?

According to democratic peace theory, what is the most important reason the spread of democracy is desirable?

Which of the following explanations of the democratic peace is from the liberal perspective?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which two levels of analysis may apply to the argument that democracies do not go to war with one another because they belong to the same international institutions, whose laws and practices they follow?

Scholars using rationalist methods doubt whether it is possible to identify separate dependent and independent variables and say that one variable in a correlation causes another in the case of the democratic peace.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Evidence for the joint practice of democracy-two democracies interacting at the systemic process level of analysis-appears to contradict which perspectives in accounting for the democratic peace?

The ______ perspective would most likely argue that the democratic peace is the peace of the democratic hegemon, which is a product of historical circumstances.

What explains the democratic peace, and from which perspectives and levels of analysis do those explanations come from?

Which perspective is emphasized in the argument that democratic states are better at diplomacy or balance-of-power politics because of some feature of democracy?

What technical and theoretical criticisms are made of democratic peace theory?

If the democratic peace theory holds true, it suggests that ______ could be eliminated through the spread of democracy.

The argument that democracies do not go to war with one another because leaders have to appeal to larger coalitions to survive politically and, therefore, choose wars only with nondemocratic countries in which democracies enjoy an advantage in mobilizing military resources is an example of an argument from the individual level of analysis.

The liberal perspective is most likely to emphasize participation in international institutions as a key variable that may explain the democratic peace.

Why would Britain and the United States in the early nineteenth century be considered weak democracies?