Zones of peace in the Third World :
Kacowicz, Arie Marcelo.
Zones of peace in the Third World : South America and West Africa in comparative perspective / Arie M. Kacowicz. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages). - SUNY series in global politics . - SUNY series in global politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.
Preface -- Zones of Peace in the International System -- Explaining Zones of Peace in the International System -- The South American Zone of Peace, 1883-1996 -- West Africa, 1957-1996 International Peace and Domestic Wars -- Zones of Peace in a Comparative Perspective -- Appendices
Provides a critique and an extention of the'democratic peace'theory by focusing on the regional level and by offering alternative explanations for the maintenance of democratic and non-democratic'zones of peace.'International relations scholars have traditionally focused on explaining war rather than peace, resulting in the concept of peace being understudied and underemphasized. This book in contrast explains the maintenance of extensive periods of international peace in two regions of the Third World: South America and West Africa.The term "zones of peace" has been used in reference to the Cold War (1945-1989) and to separate peace among the democracies developed progressively throughout the last two hundred years. In this book, however, Kacowicz moves beyond a European focus to consider the theoretical and historical significance of the term in the context of the Third World. He argues that there have been periods of "long peace," so that zones of peace, characterized by the absence of interstate war, have developed in South America since the late 1880s and among the West African countries since their independence in the early 1960s.Kacowicz explores how regional peace is maintained in South America and West Africa through the distilling of alternative explanations, including Realism, Liberalism, and satisfaction with the territorial status quo. He also examines how peace can be maintained among states that usually do not sustain Western democratic regimes by offering a critique (and improvement) upon the "democratic peace" theory. Peace can indeed be maintained, he asserts, among nondemocratic states, although there is a direct relationship between the quality of the regional peace and the type of political regimes sustained by the countries in any given region.Arie M. Kacowicz is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of Peaceful Territorial Change. -- Provided by publisher
058509196X 9780585091969 9780791439586 0791439585 9780791439579 0791439577 9781438408132 1438408137
98005620
Zones of peace--South America.
Zones of peace--Africa, West.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Peace.
Zones of peace.
West Africa.
South America.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JZ5584.S63 / K33 1998eb
327.1/72/096609045
Zones of peace in the Third World : South America and West Africa in comparative perspective / Arie M. Kacowicz. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages). - SUNY series in global politics . - SUNY series in global politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.
Preface -- Zones of Peace in the International System -- Explaining Zones of Peace in the International System -- The South American Zone of Peace, 1883-1996 -- West Africa, 1957-1996 International Peace and Domestic Wars -- Zones of Peace in a Comparative Perspective -- Appendices
Provides a critique and an extention of the'democratic peace'theory by focusing on the regional level and by offering alternative explanations for the maintenance of democratic and non-democratic'zones of peace.'International relations scholars have traditionally focused on explaining war rather than peace, resulting in the concept of peace being understudied and underemphasized. This book in contrast explains the maintenance of extensive periods of international peace in two regions of the Third World: South America and West Africa.The term "zones of peace" has been used in reference to the Cold War (1945-1989) and to separate peace among the democracies developed progressively throughout the last two hundred years. In this book, however, Kacowicz moves beyond a European focus to consider the theoretical and historical significance of the term in the context of the Third World. He argues that there have been periods of "long peace," so that zones of peace, characterized by the absence of interstate war, have developed in South America since the late 1880s and among the West African countries since their independence in the early 1960s.Kacowicz explores how regional peace is maintained in South America and West Africa through the distilling of alternative explanations, including Realism, Liberalism, and satisfaction with the territorial status quo. He also examines how peace can be maintained among states that usually do not sustain Western democratic regimes by offering a critique (and improvement) upon the "democratic peace" theory. Peace can indeed be maintained, he asserts, among nondemocratic states, although there is a direct relationship between the quality of the regional peace and the type of political regimes sustained by the countries in any given region.Arie M. Kacowicz is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of Peaceful Territorial Change. -- Provided by publisher
058509196X 9780585091969 9780791439586 0791439585 9780791439579 0791439577 9781438408132 1438408137
98005620
Zones of peace--South America.
Zones of peace--Africa, West.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Peace.
Zones of peace.
West Africa.
South America.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JZ5584.S63 / K33 1998eb
327.1/72/096609045