{"product_id":"democracy-and-international-conflict-james-lee-ray-9781570032417","title":"Democracy and International Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Democracy and International Conflict, James Lee Ray defends the idea, so optimistically advanced by diplomats in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise and so hotly debated by international relations scholars, that democratic states do not initiate war against one another and therefore offer an avenue to universal peace. Ray acknowledges that despite persuasive theoretical arguments and empirical evidence in favor of this idea, the democratic peace proposition is susceptible to attack on three points: the statistical rarity of both international wars and democracies; the difficulty in defining democracy; and the vulnerability of democratic regimes. To confront these criticisms, Ray offers a systematic analysis of regime transitions and a workable definition of democracy as well as careful scrutiny of cases in which democracies averted international conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Lee Ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570032416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570032417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.77d","brand":"James Lee Ray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365270483199,"sku":"9781570032417","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ae2fd26-ac76-4649-b18b-2ad6fefd7201.jpg?v=1697057586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-international-conflict-james-lee-ray-9781570032417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}