Beschreibung:
This edited book offers a broad examination of how democratic preferences and norms are relevant to security policy beyond the decision of whether to go to war, therefore providing a fresh understanding of state behaviour in the security realm.
1. Introduction Harald Müller and Matthew Evangelista 2. Casualty Aversion in Democratic Security Provision: Procurement and the Defense Industrial Base Niklas Schörnig 3. Non-Lethal Weapons: Democratic Necessity or Business as Usual? Jürgen Altmann and Judith Reppy 4. Air War and Restraint: The Role of Public Opinion and Democracy Stephen Watts 5. Curbing the Use of Indiscriminate Weapons: NGO Advocacy in Militant Democracies Margarita H. Petrova 6. Technology, Nuclear Arms Control, and Democracy: Reflections in the Light of Democratic Peace Theory Harald Müller and Una Becker 7. Strained Relationships: The Revolution in Military Affairs, Democracy and Arms Control Olivier Minkwitz 8. Torn Apart: Nuclear Secrecy and Openness in Democratic Nuclear Weapon States Annette Schaper and Harald Müller 9. Much Ado About Democracy: Some Skeptical Observations on Democracies and War Matthew Evangelista and Judith Reppy 10. Security Studies' Cinderella? Why Democratic Peace Theory Should be Invited to the King's Ball Harald Müller and Niklas Schörnig